Michael Leake, 51, reportedly has become the latest American to be detained by Russia after being accused of drug charges, reports say.
Leake, who has been living in Russia for more than a decade, has been charged with suspicion of drug trafficking and is accused of selling mephedrone, a drug with effects similar to cocaine and MDMA, The Associated Press reported, citing Russian media.
If found guilty, Leake could face up to 12 years in prison, according to Reuters, citing Russia’s Interfax news agency. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, April 18, 2023. Leake’s reported detention comes weeks after Russia extended the detention of imprisoned American journalist Evan Gershkovich for another three months.
Russia charged Gershkovich with espionage, accusing him of collecting"information constituting a state secret about the activities of an enterprise within Russia’s military-industrial complex." Gershkovich and the Wall Street Journal have categorically denied the accusations.
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