INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A Siberian court sentenced a foreign student to 14 years in prison on charges of promoting and participating in terrorist activities, state
media reported Thursday, citing law enforcement officials.The First Eastern Military Garrison Court in Khabarovsk found the student guilty
TASS showed plainclothes agents detaining the student in the hallway of what appeared to be a Soviet-era dormitory before escorting him into
an administrative building.The Altai region is located 2,900 kilometers (1,800 miles) east of Moscow, near the border with Kazakhstan.A
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