.A former united state paratrooper and rock entertainer apprehended in Russia much more than a year back on medication charges was actually penalized to thirteen years behind bars on Thursday, the Moscow court of law body's press service stated.Michael Travis Leake, who faced the Moscow-based stone band Lovi Noch, was apprehended in June 2023 after district attorneys charged him of "managing a drug working business including youngsters.".Moscow's Khamovnitchesky Courtroom found him guilty of criminal activities attached to the sale of unlawful drugs, the court's press service stated in a blog post on Telegram. He was penalized to thirteen years in a maximum-security penitentiary colony.Leake was actually put behind bars along with Veronika Grabanchuk, one more accused convicted of drug fees. Her association to Leake was actually not instantly very clear.Arrests of U.S. residents in Russia have increased over the last few years, in what Washington sees as a Kremlin maneuver to protect the launch of Russians pronounced guilty abroad.And many more American citizens kept in Russian jails are former marines Robert Gilman as well as Paul Whelan, as well as writers Evan Gershkovich as well as Alsu Kurmasheva.