A Russian-born U.S. citizen already imprisoned in Russia for bribery has been handed a second 15-year prison sentence for espionage, Russian news agencies reported Tuesday.
A Moscow court brought charges of espionage against Gene Spector in August 2023, although details of the case have not been released.
Spector, whose Russian name is Yevgeny Mironovich according to local news outlets, was born in Leningrad in 1972.
Spector was a former executive at a medical device manufacturer in Russia and was previously sentenced to three and a half years in prison in September 2022 for facilitating bribes to an aide to former Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich.
Assistant Anastasia Alekseyeva was sentenced to 12 years in prison in April for accepting bribes in the form of two expensive vacations abroad.
Dvorkovich was deputy prime minister under Dmitry Medvedev from 2012 to 2018. He currently heads the international chess federation FIDE.
Russia has arrested and sentenced a number of dual U.S. nationals and U.S. citizens in recent years. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was convicted of espionage in July released in August as part of a prisoner exchange along with former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan.
