MOSCOW (Reuters) – Laurent Vinatier, a French researcher on trial in Russia for non-compliance with Russia’s foreign agent laws, pleaded guilty on Monday, Russian news agencies said.
State news agency RIA said the Moscow district court where Vinatier is being tried has agreed to consider his case under a special regime, which guarantees a lighter sentence.
(Reporting by Ksenia Orlova Writing by Felix Light; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
