A Russian court sentences an American to prison

Yesterday, the Russian Information Agency reported that a Russian court sentenced an American citizen to four years in prison for trying to remove two Kalashnikov rifles from an airport in Moscow.

The agency added that the American, who collects Kalashnikov weapons, bought two pieces of Kalashnikov rifles, and checked a bag containing them at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow, without submitting a declaration about them to customs. The agency continued that the man, whose identity was not revealed, was convicted under an article in the criminal code related to weapons smuggling, and the agency said that he partially confessed. Guilty. Reuters was unable to contact him during his detention.