.A previous USA paratrooper and also rock entertainer detained in Russia more than a year back on drug charges was actually punished to 13 years behind bars on Thursday, the Moscow court of law unit's press company said.Michael Travis Leake, that overlooked the Moscow-based stone band Lovi Noch, was actually apprehended in June 2023 after prosecutors accused him of "coordinating a drug handling business including youths.".Moscow's Khamovnitchesky Court discovered him bad of unlawful acts linked to the purchase of illegal anesthetics, the court's media company claimed in a post on Telegram. He was sentenced to 13 years in a maximum-security jail nest.Leake was incarcerated together with Veronika Grabanchuk, yet another accused pronounced guilty of drug charges. Her connection to Leake was not promptly crystal clear.Arrests of USA people in Russia have actually enhanced in recent times, in what Washington considers a Kremlin scheme to secure the launch of Russians pronounced guilty abroad.Among other American consumers kept in Russian prisons are actually past marines Robert Gilman and also Paul Whelan, as well as journalists Evan Gershkovich as well as Alsu Kurmasheva.