.A previous united state paratrooper and stone artist apprehended in Russia greater than a year ago on medication fees was sentenced to thirteen years in prison on Thursday, the Moscow court body's media solution pointed out.Michael Travis Leake, that fronted the Moscow-based rock band Lovi Noch, was confined in June 2023 after prosecutors charged him of "arranging a medication dealing service including youngsters.".Moscow's Khamovnitchesky Court found him responsible of crimes attached to the purchase of illegal drugs, the court's press service pointed out in a message on Telegram. He was actually punished to 13 years in a maximum-security jail swarm.Leake was put behind bars together with Veronika Grabanchuk, another defendant sentenced of medicine costs. Her relation to Leake was certainly not promptly crystal clear.Arrests of united state people in Russia have boosted lately, in what Washington sees as a Kremlin maneuver to protect the launch of Russians convicted abroad.And many more American residents composed Russian prisons are previous marines Robert Gilman and also Paul Whelan, and also writers Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva.