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Washington, Feb 20 (EFE/EPA).- Roger Stone, a long-time friend and collaborator of President Donald Trump, was sentenced Thursday to three years and four months in prison after being convicted of seven offenses related to the probe of alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US election.(CAMERA: Armando Ayala) INCLUDES RESOURCE IMAGES OF ROGER STONE
Former Trump aide George Papadopoulos arrives in court in Washington, DC, for his sentencing. The foreign policy advisor to President Donald Trump's election campaign whose contacts with Russians set off the investigation into possible collusion with Moscow faces up to six months in prison. IMAGES
US President Donald Trump's son in law Jared Kushner leaves the Senate after a closed-door hearing into his meetings with Russian officials during the election campaign. IMAGES
US President Donald Trump's son in law Jared Kushner arrives at the Senate for a closed-door hearing into his meetings with Russian officials during the election campaign. IMAGES
The United States says it welcomes South Africa's promise to probe allegations of arms shipments to Russia after Washington angered Pretoria by going public with a charge of covert weapons. "It certainly would be a welcome step," State Department spokesman Vedant Patel tells reporters of the promise of a probe made by a spokesman for President Cyril Ramaphosa. SOUNDBITE