9 Oct 2014 16:20

Sentence handed out to Russian citizen Ustinov in U.S. is unacceptable, contradicts intl law - Russian Foreign Ministry

MOSCOW. Oct 9 (Interfax) - Russian Foreign Ministry official Alexander Lukashevich said the Russian Foreign Ministry will not put up with the decision made by a U.S. court on Russian citizen Dmitry Ustinov, who has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for illegally selling high-tech military hardware abroad.

"We absolutely do not intend to put up with such cowboy methods on our citizens, who, if arrested, should be tried by Russian courts in accordance with the norms of the Russian legislation, and therefore we will take all measures that can help resolve this problem,' Lukashevich told a press conference on Thursday.