A court in the former Soviet republic of Lithuania has jailed two citizens on charges of spying for Russia.
A court in the city of Klaipeda has sentenced Aleksejus Greicius to four years in prison and Mindaugas Tunikaitis to 18 months in prison, after finding them guilty of collecting data for Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB).
Greicius, a public figure and director of the Baltic Youth Association, known for his pro-Russian approaches, has considered himself innocent, while Tunikaitis has admitted guilt.
The trial was held behind closed doors due to national security concerns.
Investigators have said that the two defendants did not know each other, but had been in contact with the same FSB agent in recent years.
Since 2014, when Russia annexed the Ukrainian Crimean Peninsula and began supporting separatists in the conflict in eastern Ukraine, courts in Lithuania have convicted several people of spying for Russia or its close ally, Belarus.
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