.A previous united state paratrooper and stone entertainer restrained in Russia more than a year earlier on drug charges was actually sentenced to thirteen years behind bars on Thursday, the Moscow court of law unit's press company stated.Michael Travis Leake, that overlooked the Moscow-based rock band Lovi Noch, was actually restrained in June 2023 after district attorneys indicted him of "organizing a drug handling business including youths.".Moscow's Khamovnitchesky Court found him bad of criminal activities attached to the sale of unlawful drugs, the courtroom's media service pointed out in a blog post on Telegram. He was actually penalized to 13 years in a maximum-security prison colony.Leake was actually imprisoned alongside Veronika Grabanchuk, yet another defendant pronounced guilty of medication fees. Her relationship to Leake was actually not promptly crystal clear.Arrests of USA residents in Russia have improved recently, in what Washington views as a Kremlin ploy to safeguard the launch of Russians convicted abroad.Among other United States consumers held in Russian prisons are past marines Robert Gilman and also Paul Whelan, in addition to writers Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva.