Tashkent, Jan. 9 -- A military court in Uzbekistan found former employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Kadyr Yusupov guilty of high treason and sentenced him to five years and six months in prison. The verdict was handed down on January 9, the press service of the Supreme Court of Uzbekistan reports.

The process, which lasted several months, was held behind closed doors. As a result, Yusupov was found guilty of committing a crime under article 157 ("Treason to the state") of the Criminal code of Uzbekistan. When passing sentence, the court took into account such mitigating and aggravating circumstances as the nature and degree of public danger of the crime, the identity of the defendant and his marital status.

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