Russia jails ex-US paratrooper for 13 years on drugs charges

A former US paratrooper and rock musician detained in Russia more than a year ago on drugs charges was on Thursday sentenced to 13 years jail, Moscow's courts service said.

The city's Khamovnitchesky court sentenced Michael Travis Leake to "13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony" for selling illegal narcotics, the court service said in a post on Telegram.

AFP