text:  They note he was working in Russia with full accreditation from Russia's foreign ministry. And the U.S. government has similarly denied the spying charges as a fiction. They've designated him wrongfully detained, meaning in their eyes, Grishkovich isn't a spy. He's a hostage. So, you know, that 16-year sentence might seem shocking, but I take it from your reporting all along and, you know, that of others, that nobody's really surprised by the guilty verdict.