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The article focuses on the announcement of the Russian government concerning the trial of computer expert and Jewish human rights activist Anatoli Shcharansky in Moscow, Russia. It states that Shcharansky has been accused of spying for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, and will stand a trial on the charges of high treason, along with Alexander Ginzburg, leading member of a Russian group founded to monitor the country's compliance with the human rights provisions of the 1975 Helsink accord. It outlines the U.S. State Department's response to the announcement, which condemns the Russian government's decision.