Azerbaijan Sentences French Citizen to 10 Years for Espionage

A court in Azerbaijan sentenced French citizen Martin Ryan to ten years in prison for espionage, finding him guilty of spying for France. Arrested in December 2023, Ryan was accused of gathering secret information on Azerbaijan's military cooperation with Turkey and Pakistan and recruiting French-speaking Azerbaijanis to assist French intelligence. He partially pleaded guilty to the charges, according to reports from Russian state news agency RIA.