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 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. Moscow's ...

American citizen Travis Leake has been sentenced to 13 ... at a historic low, with Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine raging on. Leake is one of at least a dozen US citizens and dual ...

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 ...

MOSCOW – A Russian court on July 18 sentenced an American ... Moscow’s court service said in a statement. Leake, a musician and former US paratrooper who was arrested in June 2023, was ...

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine ... New Jersey musician James “Jimmy” Wilgus was working on a movie soundtrack with a director in Russia when he was arrested ...

According to the prosecutor's office, Mr Leake, a former paratrooper and musician ... he was sentenced before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has weakened relations between US and Russia.