An Estonian security official has been sentenced to fifteen years in a Russian jail for ‘spying’.<br /><br /> The court said Eston Kohver also smuggled weapons and illegally crossed into Russia; judges decided to fine him the equivalent of 1,380 euros in addition to his prison sentence.<br /><br /> Prosecutors said he had been detained in September on Russian territory during an undercover operation. <br /><br /> Kohver, a border guard with his country’s domestic security service, denies all the charges.<br /><br /> The Estonian government says he was arrested inside Estonia at gunpoint whilst investigating cross-border crime.<br /><br /> Marina Kaljurand, Estonian foreign minister, said the whole process leading up to his sentencing had been “unlawful.<br /><br /> “We will continue to call for the release of Eston Kohver,” she told Estonian television. “We will do it ourselves, we will do it with our partners.”<br /><br /> EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini urged Russia to free Kohver, saying his “abduction” violated international law.<br /><br /> “The EU
