A Moscow court stated Tuesday that French scientist Laurent Vinatier filed an appeal against the three-year prison sentence handed to him last week for breaking Russias foreign representative laws.Vinatier, a 48-year-old scientist working for a Swiss dispute mediation NGO, was arrested in Moscow in June and charged with gathering details on Russias military without being registered as a foreign agent.The appeal against the verdict was signed up on Oct.
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