.A past U.S. paratrooper as well as stone entertainer detained in Russia much more than a year back on medication costs was actually penalized to thirteen years in prison on Thursday, the Moscow court of law device's press company claimed.Michael Travis Leake, who fronted the Moscow-based stone band Lovi Noch, was actually detained in June 2023 after district attorneys indicted him of "coordinating a drug handling service including young people.".Moscow's Khamovnitchesky Courtroom discovered him bad of crimes connected to the purchase of prohibited narcotics, the court's press solution mentioned in a post on Telegram. He was punished to thirteen years in a maximum-security jail swarm.Leake was incarcerated alongside Veronika Grabanchuk, another offender sentenced of drug costs. Her relationship to Leake was not instantly crystal clear.Arrests of united state residents in Russia have increased lately, in what Washington sees as a Kremlin tactic to safeguard the release of Russians sentenced abroad.Among other United States people composed Russian prisons are actually former marines Robert Gilman and Paul Whelan, in addition to journalists Evan Gershkovich as well as Alsu Kurmasheva.