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Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (LONDON) — Gordon Black, the U.S. soldier arrested in Russia on theft charges, was sentenced on Wednesday to nearly four years in a Russian penal colony, a national news agency reported. “The Pervomaisky District Court of Vladivostok sentences Black to almost four years in a penal colony,” an Interfax correspondent reported from […]

U.S. Army soldier Gordon Black, who was detained on suspicion of theft, appears in court in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, Russia, on June 6, 2024. — Pavel Korolyov/AFP via Getty Images (VLADIVOSTOK, Russia) — U.S. Army service member Gordon Black, who has been detained in Russia since early May, pleaded partially guilty to […]

Getty Images – STOCK (RUSSIA) — U.S. Army service member Gordon Black, who has been detained in Russia since early May, pleaded partially guilty to charges of theft during the second hearing of his ongoing trial in the Primorsky Court, Russian media reported Monday. Black, 35, admitted to theft, but he did not admit to […]

Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (LONDON) — Gordon Black, the U.S. soldier detained in Russia, has “admitted guilt” on a charge of theft, according to TASS, a state-owned news service. Black was said to be “cooperating” with Russia’s investigation into the alleged theft, TASS reported on Thursday. “The accused admitted guilt and is cooperating with the investigation. […]

ABC News (LONDON) — A lawyer appointed for Gordon Black, a U.S. Army soldier arrested in Russia, has appealed his detention, according to the state-owned TASS news service. Black was detained in Vladivostok, Russia, earlier this month on charges of criminal misconduct, according to the U.S. Army. Two U.S. officials told ABC News last week […]

quavondo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A U.S. soldier was detained in Vladivostok, Russia, on Thursday on charges of criminal misconduct, according to the U.S. Army. “The Russian Federation notified the U.S. Department of State of the criminal detention in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations,” Army spokeswoman Cynthia O. Smith told ABC News. […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A U.S. Army private who had just finished a stint in a South Korean detention facility crossed the border into North Korea “without authorization” and is in custody in the secretive country, United Nations and U.S. officials said Tuesday. The soldier was identified as 23-year-old Pvt. Travis King, a U.S. official […]