US soldier held in Russia pleads guilty, RIA agency reports
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[May 16, 2024]
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Gordon Black, a U.S. soldier being held in the
Russian city of Vladivostok, has pleaded guilty to theft charges and is
cooperating with investigators, Russia's RIA state news agencies
reported on Thursday.
"He is cooperating (with the investigation), he admitted (guilt)," RIA
cited a representative of the local interior ministry as saying.
Black could not be reached for comment by Reuters. |
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Gordon Black, a U.S. serviceman detained in Russia, poses for a selfie
in this picture obtained from social media, in an unspecified location,
released on February, 2023. Gordon Black Via Facebook/via REUTERS/File
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Black, a U.S. staff sergeant, was detained on May 2 by police in
the Russian Far Eastern city of Vladivostok on suspicion of
stealing from a woman he was in a relationship with. The court
ordered he remains detained until July 2.
The United States warns its citizens against all travel to
Russia, citing an array of reasons, including "the potential for
harassment and the singling out of U.S. citizens for detention
by Russian government security officials" and the arbitrary
enforcement of the law.
A handful of U.S. citizens have been detained since Russia
launched its invasion on Ukraine in February 2022, including
Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter, who was
detained in 2023 on charges of spying.
(Reporting by Moscow; Writing by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne;
editing by Guy Faulconbridge)
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