He was only 17. This story is a failure on many levels.
#Canadian teen recruited to spy...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canadian-teenage-russian-spy-jailed-1.7474399
Canadian teen recruited to spy for Russia, now sitting in Polish jail | CBC News
Laken Pavan travelled to occupied Ukraine to volunteer for an aid group and ended up being recruited as a Russian agent. The then 17-year-old was sent to Poland to spy on its military, but confessed to police. Now his family hopes to bring an early end to his 20-month jail sentence.