Scholar Who Was Jailed in Russia Returns to U.S.
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John Tobin Jr., the American Fulbright scholar imprisoned in Russia on drug charges, returned to the United States looking thin and tired after his seven-month ordeal.
Tobin, 24, arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport with his father, John Tobin, and Rep. James H. Maloney (D-Conn.).
The younger Tobin, of Ridgefield, Conn., moved to the Russian city of Voronezh last fall to study popular attitudes amid the country’s post-Soviet decline. Russian officials also accused Tobin of spying.
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