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Kyrgyz Court Sentences US Businessman to 15 Years
Pyongyang, March 19 (KCNA) -- A Kyrgyz court has recently sentenced American businessman Eugene Gourevich to 15 years in jail in absentia.

A sentencing statement said a District Court in Bishkek convicted him of selling a fuel depot in Kyrgyzstan to a U.S. company at a price below the market rate.

The depot is at an airport used as a U.S. air base.

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