Caused "significant harm": the American soldier in the Russian Federation was charged - Reuters
The detention of Black, who, according to Pentagon, traveled to Russia without permission, is another diplomatic headache for the United States who have warned US citizens from all trips to Russia. The court informed that the 34-year-old Black, which was detained in early May in the Far East, chose a preventive measure in the form of detention by July 2 for "secret theft of property of the citizen T. , which caused the last significant harm.
" "When choosing a pre -trial detention, the court concluded that a US citizen could hide from pre -trial investigation and court to avoid liability under the burden of the US," the court said. Gordon Black and the 32-year-old Russian met in South Korea. The American came to Vladivostok to visit her, they quarreled, and later she applied to the police, accusing him of 200 thousand rubles of theft, that is, just over $ 1. 5 thousand.
He was detained at a local hotel when he had already bought a plane ticket to return home. While in South Korea, Black was ordered to go to Fort Kavazos in Texas for a new place of service. He received two weeks for his relocation, but without the permission of Pentagon Black departed from Inchchon, the Republic of Korea, through China to Vladivostok. Black went to the US Army as an infantile in 2008 and from October 2009 to September 2010, a man served in Iraq.
And from June 2013 to March 2014 he served in Afghanistan. His last place of service is Camp Hamfris, which is the world's largest foreign military base. We will add that the US government has warned citizens that they are dangerous in the Russian Federation. To date, there are two Americans in Russian prisons - Evan Gershkovich (reporter Wall Street Journal, March 2023) and Paul Wilan (Marine Infantry, 2018). Both were sentenced to a long time on charges of espionage.