An American musician has been sentenced to 13 years in prison in Russia on drug charges, according to reports.

The US State Department has not ruled that Black was wrongfully detained – though the Pentagon claimed that Black broke Army rules with his unauthorized trip to Russia.

A Russian-born U.S. citizen who was already behind bars in Russia on a bribery conviction has been handed a new 15-year sentence for espionage.

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 Moscow court has on Tuesday sentenced a US citizen to 15 years in prison for espionage, according to state-run news agency RIA Novosti.

A source close to the Kremlin said the U.S. side has previously provided Moscow with a list of nine Americans jailed in Russia that Washington wants to have returned.

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 ...

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.

A former U.S. paratrooper and rock musician detained in Russia more than a year ago on drugs charges was on Thursday sentenced to 13 years in jail, Moscow's courts service said.

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 ...

A source close to the Kremlin said the U.S. side has previously provided Moscow with a list of nine Americans jailed in Russia that Washington wants to have returned.

US marine Paul Whelan is serving a 16-year prison sentence on "spying" charges - he was sentenced before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has weakened relations between US and Russia.