An American musician has been sentenced to 13 years in prison in Russia on drug charges, according to reports. Michael Travis Leake, who is also a former paratrooper, was accused of organizing a ...

Gordon Black, 34, was arrested on Russia’s Pacific coast in May. REUTERS Gordon Black. US Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, was arrested in Vladivostok on May 2, 2024.. Black – who traveled to ...

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich's spying trial resumes in Russia 02:13. A former U.S. paratrooper and rock musician detained in Russia more than a year ago on drugs charges was on Thursday sentenced ...

MOSCOW – A Russian court on July 18 sentenced an American, Michael Travis Leake, to 13 years in prison on drug smuggling charges, Moscow’s court service said in a statement.. Leake, a musician ...

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan returned to US soil on Thursday thanks to a historic prisoner swap deal with Russia. The exchange brought home four ...

Russian citizen Veronika Grabanchuk and US citizen Michael Travis Leake appeared at a court hearing in Moscow, Russia, on 18 July US citizen Michael Travis Leake has been sentenced to 13 years in ...

A musician and former U.S. paratrooper, Leake was sentenced to 13 years in prison last July for drug smuggling. It was not clear how Leake pleaded to the charges, filed following his arrest in ...

MOSCOW, July 30. /TASS/. An American mercenary has been sentenced in absentia in Russia to 14 years in jail for participating in the armed conflict on the Ukrainian side, the press service of the ...

Russian-American woman Ksenia Karelina, who was serving a 12-year prison sentence for treason in Russia, has arrived in the United States after being released as part of a prisoner exchange.