INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A Slovenia court on Wednesday sentenced two Russian nationals suspected of spying for Moscow to more than a year and a half in prison but
then ordered their expulsion from the country.The couple, who went by the names of Ludwig Gisch and Maria Rosa Mayer Munos, pleaded guilty
at Wednesday's hearing on charges of "spying and falsifying documents," the Ljubljana regional court said in a statement.The expulsion comes
amid rumors that Moscow is preparing for a large-scale prisoner exchange after dissidents held in Russia were reported to have been moved to
unknown locations in recent days.Slovenian news website N1 Info, citing anonymous sources, reported that the convicted couple would be part
of an upcoming prisoner exchange between Russia, the United States, Germany and Belarus.The two Russians, who are both about 40 years old
and hold Argentinian passports, were detained in December 2022 over alleged spying for Russia, media reported
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