Two Russians handed down jail terms for terrorism and spying in Angola

The situation

The two, a political consultant and a translator, denied allegations of fomenting protests last year

Why it matters

The force of this story is not in the headline but in the decisions it will force across the two, russians, handed, jail, terms landscape.

What sits behind it

The arc leading to this moment stretches across multiple prior developments in two, russians, handed, jail, terms, as BBC has documented.

Where this fits in Signal Ledger

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Our take

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of two, russians, handed, jail, terms: The two, a political consultant and a translator, denied allegations of fomenting protests last year.