.A past U.S. paratrooper and rock musician restrained in Russia more than a year back on drug charges was actually punished to 13 years behind bars on Thursday, the Moscow court device's media company claimed.Michael Travis Leake, who overlooked the Moscow-based stone band Lovi Noch, was actually detained in June 2023 after prosecutors charged him of "organizing a medicine dealing service entailing youths.".Moscow's Khamovnitchesky Court found him responsible of unlawful acts linked to the sale of prohibited anesthetics, the court's media company stated in a blog post on Telegram. He was penalized to 13 years in a maximum-security jail colony.Leake was actually imprisoned together with Veronika Grabanchuk, one more defendant pronounced guilty of drug costs. Her association to Leake was not quickly clear.Arrests of U.S. citizens in Russia have actually increased lately, in what Washington considers a Kremlin ploy to secure the launch of Russians pronounced guilty abroad.And many more American consumers composed Russian prisons are past marines Robert Gilman as well as Paul Whelan, in addition to journalists Evan Gershkovich as well as Alsu Kurmasheva.