.A former USA paratrooper and stone performer detained in Russia more than a year back on drug costs was actually sentenced to thirteen years behind bars on Thursday, the Moscow court of law unit's media service pointed out.Michael Travis Leake, who fronted the Moscow-based rock band Lovi Noch, was actually detained in June 2023 after prosecutors accused him of "arranging a medicine handling company involving young people.".Moscow's Khamovnitchesky Courthouse discovered him guilty of crimes connected to the purchase of unlawful narcotics, the courthouse's media service said in a message on Telegram. He was actually punished to thirteen years in a maximum-security prison nest.Leake was actually imprisoned along with Veronika Grabanchuk, one more defendant sentenced of medicine fees. Her relation to Leake was actually not immediately crystal clear.Arrests of united state people in Russia have improved recently, in what Washington sees as a Kremlin ploy to secure the launch of Russians founded guilty abroad.To name a few United States residents composed Russian jails are actually previous marines Robert Gilman and Paul Whelan, in addition to reporters Evan Gershkovich and also Alsu Kurmasheva.