CHINA SENTENCES RUSSIAN TO DEATH FOR HEROIN SMUGGLING

a Chinese court sentenced a Russian national to death for attempting to smuggle 2 kilograms of heroin into the country, the head of the Russian Consulate in China, Leonid Ignatenko, said. The 33-year-old Russian, whose name has not been released, was detained in the airport of the city of Urumqi in May 2010.