A Moscow court upholds on appeal the twelve-and-a-half-year prison sentence handed down to a Russian-American citizen, Robert Woodland, who was arrested in January and prosecuted in a drug case. When asked if he understands the verdict, Woodland answers "Yes. I do", from inside the defendant's cage. Russia has arrested several US and joint US-Russian citizens in recent years amid escalating tensions between Moscow and Washington. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES