.A past U.S. paratrooper and rock musician apprehended in Russia more than a year back on medicine fees was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Thursday, the Moscow court body's press service claimed.Michael Travis Leake, that fronted the Moscow-based rock band Lovi Noch, was actually restrained in June 2023 after district attorneys implicated him of "coordinating a medication dealing business entailing youths.".Moscow's Khamovnitchesky Courthouse found him bad of criminal offenses linked to the purchase of illegal narcotics, the courtroom's press solution claimed in a blog post on Telegram. He was actually punished to 13 years in a maximum-security jail swarm.Leake was jailed along with Veronika Grabanchuk, one more offender founded guilty of drug fees. Her relation to Leake was not right away crystal clear.Arrests of united state residents in Russia have actually increased lately, in what Washington sees as a Kremlin scheme to safeguard the release of Russians convicted abroad.And many more American residents kept in Russian prisons are past marines Robert Gilman as well as Paul Whelan, in addition to reporters Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva.