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 ...

The US musician was sentenced to 13 years in jail at a time when diplomatic relations between the US and Russia were at an all-time low. Who Is Travis Leake? Leake was the frontman of Lovi Noch ...

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.

American citizen Travis Leake has been sentenced to 13 years in a penal colony in Russia, state media RIA Novosti reported Thursday, after he was detained on drug charges last year.

A musician and music producer in his early 50's, ... he was sentenced before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has weakened relations between US and Russia.

This photo from the Lefortovo District Court shows Robert Shonov, a former U.S. consulate worker in Russia, on May 18, 2023. On Friday, Shonov was sentenced to nearly five years in prison in Russia.

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 ...

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 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 ...

Arrests of Americans are increasingly common in Russia, with nine U.S. citizens known to be detained there as tensions between the two countries have escalated over fighting in Ukraine.

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 ...

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 ...