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A Russian politician, Dmitrii Ovsiannikov, was sentenced to 40 months in prison for breaching British sanctions, marking the first such conviction in the UK. Ovsiannikov, who was appointed governor of Sevastopol, Crimea, was found guilty of six counts of circumventing sanctions and two counts of possessing or using criminal property. His brother was also convicted and given a suspended sentence.

Courtesy: theprint.in

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