.A previous U.S. paratrooper and also rock performer apprehended in Russia more than a year ago on drug fees was sentenced to thirteen years behind bars on Thursday, the Moscow court of law system's media solution claimed.Michael Travis Leake, who overlooked the Moscow-based rock band Lovi Noch, was detained in June 2023 after prosecutors charged him of "coordinating a medicine handling service including youths.".Moscow's Khamovnitchesky Courthouse located him responsible of crimes attached to the sale of unlawful narcotics, the court's press solution claimed in a message on Telegram. He was actually sentenced to 13 years in a maximum-security prison nest.Leake was actually incarcerated alongside Veronika Grabanchuk, yet another defendant sentenced of medicine fees. Her association to Leake was not quickly very clear.Arrests of U.S. citizens in Russia have increased in recent times, in what Washington considers a Kremlin tactic to protect the launch of Russians founded guilty abroad.Among other United States people composed Russian jails are former marines Robert Gilman and Paul Whelan, and also reporters Evan Gershkovich and also Alsu Kurmasheva.