US soldier jailed in Russia for robbing girlfriend of $113 and threatening her
The 34-year-old US staff sergeant Gordon Black was arrested on May 2 in Vladivostok, in the extreme east of Russia, following a fight with his girlfriend, Alexandra Vashchuk, whom he had met while living in South Korea.
Moscow: On Wednesday, a Russian court found a US soldier guilty of stealing $113 from his girlfriend and threatening to murder her. The man was sentenced to almost four years in a Russian penal colony. A Reuters witness witnessed the proceedings from the courtroom.
The ruling puts an end to a turbulent tale of love that began in South Korea and ended in Russia, bringing a married US staff sergeant and a Russian woman together before tearing them apart.
The 34-year-old US staff sergeant Gordon Black was arrested on May 2 in Vladivostok, in the extreme east of Russia, following a fight with his girlfriend, Alexandra Vashchuk, whom he had met while living in South Korea.
Standing in a glass cage in the courtroom, the US soldier who stole $113 from his girlfriend and threatened her black was sentenced to three years and nine months in jail by Russia.
Moscow: On Wednesday, a Russian court found a US soldier guilty of stealing $113 from his girlfriend and threatening to murder her. The man was sentenced to almost four years in a Russian penal colony. A Reuters witness witnessed the proceedings from the courtroom.
The ruling puts an end to a turbulent tale of love that began in South Korea and ended in Russia, bringing a married US staff sergeant and a Russian woman together before tearing them apart.
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