Laurent Vinatier was arrested in Moscow in June on charges of unlawfully collecting military information.
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00:00A district court extended the pre-trial detention of French citizen Laurent Vinotier accused
00:09of espionage in Russia on Wednesday.
00:13The authorities accused Vinotier of failing to register as a foreign agent while collecting
00:19information about Russia's military and military technical activities.
00:26Vinotier works for an NGO and was arrested in Moscow in June.
00:34His pre-trial detention is expected to last until September 5th.
00:42Vinotier was arrested in Moscow last month as tensions have flared between Moscow and
00:47Paris after French President Emmanuel Macron's statements raised the possibility of deploying
00:53the country's troops in Ukraine.