Russian man who swam from Kaliningrad to Lithuania in asylum attempt sentenced to six years hard labour
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What happened
A 68-year-old Russian man who swam across the Nemunas River from Russia's Kaliningrad exclave into neighbouring Lithuania in an attempt to seek asylum has been sentenced to six years in a strict-regime penal colony in Russia for "publicly justifying terrorism." #EuropeNews
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