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Dutch 'adopt' fallen US soldiers to mark 80 years since liberation
The Netherlands is commemorating the 80th anniversary of the beginning of its liberation from Nazi Occupation with a concert at a burial ground for American and Allied troops.
The Netherlands is marking the 80th anniversary of the start of its liberation from Nazi Germany with a concert at a graveyard for the American soldiers who died during the fighting.
Near the Netherlands’ American Cemetery, just outside the village of Margraten, locals have vowed to never forget the American and Allied soldiers who gave their lives fighting Nazi Germany and helping to liberate the regions from Nazi occupation.
The hallowed burial ground in Margraten serves as the setting to commemorate their deaths — with hundreds of people choosing to “adopt” one of the 8,288 Americans buried there.
The act of remembrance started almost as soon as the war ended and continues to this day.
People who adopt a grave visit it regularly and leave flowers or reach out to the families of the dead in the US.
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A Russian-born U.S. citizen who was already behind bars in Russia on a bribery conviction has been handed a second sentence for espionage.
Eugene Spector was sentenced to a new 15-year term for his espionage conviction, according to Russian news agencies. Spector was born and raised in Leningrad, Russia, but later moved to the U.S. and became a citizen.
A Moscow court brought espionage charges against Spector in August of last year, although details surrounding the case were not made publicly available.
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Eugene Spector, a Russian-born U.S. citizen already imprisoned in Russia on a bribery conviction, has been handed a second 15-year jail term for espionage. (AP)
The U.S. State Department said it was aware of reports of a U.S. citizen in Russia being sentenced and that it was monitoring the situation.
Spector, a former executive at a medical equipment company in Russia, was sentenced in September 2022 to three and a half years in prison for enabling bribes to an aide of former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich.
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A Moscow court brought espionage charges against Spector in August of last year. (iStock)
The aide, Anastasia Alekseyeva, was sentenced to 12 years in April for accepting bribes of two expensive overseas vacation trips.
Dvorkovich was a deputy prime minister under former Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in 2012 to 2018. Dvorkovich is currently head of the international chess federation FIDE.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
BREAKINGBREAKING,
Passenger plane crashed near the city of Aktau.
An passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan, the Central Asian country’s Emergencies Ministry said in a statement.
Fourteen people had survived the crash and had been hospitalised, according to the local health officials.
“At the moment, 14 survivors have been taken to the regional hospital, including five in intensive care,” the health ministry’s regional department said in a statement. The Emergencies Ministry said fire services had put out the blaze
Azerbaijan Airlines said the Embraer 190 aircraft, with flight number J2-8243, had been flying from Baku to Grozny, the capital of Russia’s Chechnya, but had been forced to make an emergency landing approximately 3 km (1.8 miles) from the Kazakh city of Aktau.
Russian news agencies said the plane had been rerouted due to fog in Grozny.
Authorities in Kazakhstan said they had begun looking into different possible versions of what had happened, including a technical problem, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported.
More to follow.
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