.A past U.S. paratrooper as well as stone entertainer apprehended in Russia greater than a year back on drug fees was punished to thirteen years in prison on Thursday, the Moscow court system's press service pointed out.Michael Travis Leake, that fronted the Moscow-based rock band Lovi Noch, was actually apprehended in June 2023 after prosecutors accused him of "arranging a medication handling business including young people.".Moscow's Khamovnitchesky Courthouse discovered him guilty of criminal activities linked to the purchase of illegal drugs, the courthouse's media service said in an article on Telegram. He was sentenced to 13 years in a maximum-security penitentiary nest.Leake was incarcerated together with Veronika Grabanchuk, an additional accused founded guilty of drug costs. Her relationship to Leake was certainly not promptly crystal clear.Arrests of USA consumers in Russia have actually enhanced recently, in what Washington views as a Kremlin tactic to protect the release of Russians pronounced guilty abroad.And many more United States residents kept in Russian jails are actually past marines Robert Gilman and also Paul Whelan, and also reporters Evan Gershkovich and also Alsu Kurmasheva.