.A past united state paratrooper and stone entertainer apprehended in Russia greater than a year back on medicine fees was actually punished to thirteen years in prison on Thursday, the Moscow court of law body's press service claimed.Michael Travis Leake, who overlooked the Moscow-based stone band Lovi Noch, was restrained in June 2023 after prosecutors accused him of "organizing a drug handling business entailing youngsters.".Moscow's Khamovnitchesky Courtroom discovered him guilty of unlawful acts connected to the sale of prohibited drugs, the courthouse's media service claimed in a blog post on Telegram. He was sentenced to 13 years in a maximum-security prison nest.Leake was actually incarcerated along with Veronika Grabanchuk, another accused pronounced guilty of drug charges. Her relation to Leake was not immediately crystal clear.Arrests of united state residents in Russia have raised in recent times, in what Washington considers a Kremlin scheme to get the launch of Russians founded guilty abroad.Among other American people kept in Russian jails are actually former marines Robert Gilman and also Paul Whelan, along with writers Evan Gershkovich as well as Alsu Kurmasheva.