MOSCOW. Nov 5 (Interfax) - The Moscow City Court has upheld the conviction of Robert Woodland, a citizen of both the United States and Russia, sentenced earlier by a lower court to 12.5 years in a high-security penitentiary on a count of attempted dealing in narcotic drugs.
"The Ostankino District Court's sentence of July 4, 2024 with respect to Woodland has been left unchanged and the appeal against the sentence turned down," the court told Interfax on Tuesday.
Woodland's defense team asked the court either to mitigate the sentence given to the man or return the case to a lower court for a retrial.