RUSSIA: AMERICAN'S DRUG SENTENCE CUT

A court in the southwest city of Voronezh reduced to one year from 37
months the prison sentence of a 24-year-old American scholar, John
Edward Tobin, who was convicted in April on marijuana-related
charges. The court said Mr. Tobin would be sent to a prison camp in
Mordovia, south of Moscow, within six days. Mr. Tobin, a Fulbright
scholar who was studying at Voronezh State University, has said he
was framed by the police; Russian officials have suggested that he
may be granted a pardon should he request one.