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Putin promises to look into case of jailed Frenchman Laurent Vinatier

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Posted on December 19, 2025

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MOSCOW, ‌Dec 19 (Reuters) - ‍Russian ‌President Vladimir Putin said ⁠on ‌Friday he would look into the ⁠case of Laurent Vinatier, a French researcher jailed ‌for ⁠violating Russia's "foreign agent" laws.

Vinatier was sentenced in 2024 to three years in jail for failing ‍to comply with laws requiring individuals deemed "foreign agents" to register and meet a number ⁠of stipulations.

(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge, Vladimir Soldatkin and Anton Kolodyazhnyy; Writing ‌by Anastasia Teterevleva, Editing by Timothy Heritage)

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