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| Russia jails Norwegian Frode Berg for spying on submarines | Russia jails Norwegian Frode Berg for spying on submarines |
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| A Moscow court has sentenced a 63-year-old Norwegian, Frode Berg, to 14 years in a strict-regime labour camp for spying on Russian navy submarines. | A Moscow court has sentenced a 63-year-old Norwegian, Frode Berg, to 14 years in a strict-regime labour camp for spying on Russian navy submarines. |
| Berg, arrested in Moscow in 2017, denied the accusation. | Berg, arrested in Moscow in 2017, denied the accusation. |
| He formerly worked as a guard on the Norwegian-Russian border. | He formerly worked as a guard on the Norwegian-Russian border. |
| Berg admitted acting as a courier for Norwegian intelligence, but said he had little knowledge of the mission. A Russian ex-policeman accused of passing him navy files has been jailed. | Berg admitted acting as a courier for Norwegian intelligence, but said he had little knowledge of the mission. A Russian ex-policeman accused of passing him navy files has been jailed. |
| Berg's lawyer, Ilya Novikov, said his client would not appeal against the verdict but would seek a pardon from President Vladimir Putin. | |
| Norway - a Nato member - shares an Arctic border with Russia and for decades their relations were amicable, even during the Cold War. But ties have worsened since 2014, when Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea peninsula. | |
| Mr Novikov, quoted by AFP news agency, said Berg "expects his government to undertake diplomatic efforts" and "we see no practical use in appealing". | |
| "He's been used without his knowledge," Mr Novikov said. "We cannot talk about gathering any secret information." | |
| He warned that, at the age of 63, Berg was facing "basically a life sentence". |