THE PRESS OFFICE
July 2, 2022
The following is attributable to the Global Citizens International Movement Press Office:
The International Movement Global Citizens calls on U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to assist the movement in establishing contacts with the family of Marc Fogel, with the aim of joining the family representative in the international civil initiative “We’ll Bring Them Home Alive.”
We also call on Marc Fogel’s family to join the international civic initiative — “We’ll Bring Them Home Alive.”
Details
On June 17, the Khimki City Court in Russia announced it had sentenced United States citizen Marc Fogel to 14 years in a high-security penal colony for “large-scale” smuggling of cannabis. According to the report, the former diplomat was detained for possessing illegal drugs in Sheremetyevo on August 15, 2021, upon arrival from a flight from New York, BBC reports.
Of note
Fogel was a former employee of the US diplomatic mission in Moscow and was working as a teacher at the Anglo-American School in Moscow. He and his wife enjoyed diplomatic status until May 2021.
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