Court in Russia’s Kaliningrad sentences lawyer to 12 years on treason charge

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MOSCOW: A court in Russia’s western enclave of Kaliningrad on Thursday sentenced a rights lawyer to 12 years in prison on treason charges, with prosecutors saying she passed on sensitive information to Ukraine. The rights group Slovo Zashchite said Maria Bontsler, 66, had worked with a number of defendants accused of political offenses in Kaliningrad, a Russian territory on the Baltic Sea bordering Lithuania and…