American citizen Travis Leake has been sentenced to 13 years in a penal colony in Russia, state media RIA Novosti reported Thursday, after he was detained on drug charges last year.

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich's spying trial resumes in Russia 02:13. A former U.S. paratrooper and rock musician detained in Russia more than a year ago on drugs charges was on Thursday sentenced ...

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 musician and music producer in his early 50's, ... he was sentenced before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has weakened relations between US and Russia.

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, Michael Travis Leake, to 13 years in prison on drug smuggling charges, Moscow’s court service said in a statement. Leake, a musician ...

There are at least eight US citizens still behind bars in Russia. ... Woodland was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison. The US State Department ... New Jersey musician James “Jimmy” Wilgus ...

A musician and former U.S. paratrooper, Leake was sentenced to 13 years in prison last July for drug smuggling. It was not clear how Leake pleaded to the charges, filed following his arrest in ...

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 ...