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Wong slams Oscar Jenkins’ ‘sham trial’

An Australian man jailed for 13 years in a maximum-security Russian prison for fighting alongside Ukrainian forces should be immediately released after being given a sham trial, the Australian government says.

Oscar Jenkins, 33, was found guilty by a court for taking part in an armed conflict as a mercenary, said a statement on Friday (Saturday AEST) from prosecutors in a part of eastern Ukraine controlled by Russia.

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