.A past USA paratrooper and rock artist confined in Russia more than a year ago on drug costs was actually penalized to 13 years in prison on Thursday, the Moscow court body's media service claimed.Michael Travis Leake, that fronted the Moscow-based rock band Lovi Noch, was actually restrained in June 2023 after district attorneys charged him of "managing a drug working service involving youngsters.".Moscow's Khamovnitchesky Court located him bad of criminal activities attached to the purchase of illegal drugs, the court's media company pointed out in a post on Telegram. He was sentenced to thirteen years in a maximum-security jail nest.Leake was incarcerated alongside Veronika Grabanchuk, one more offender convicted of medicine fees. Her relation to Leake was certainly not right away clear.Arrests of U.S. citizens in Russia have actually boosted recently, in what Washington sees as a Kremlin tactic to protect the launch of Russians convicted abroad.Among other American residents held in Russian prisons are former marines Robert Gilman and Paul Whelan, along with reporters Evan Gershkovich and also Alsu Kurmasheva.