Moscow-a Moscow Court ordered an American citizen suspected of drug smuggling in prior trial for 30 days, said the press service of the Moscow courts on Saturday, days after an exchange of prisoners of Moscow-Washington that The White House called a diplomatic thaw and a pass towards the end of the fight in Ukraine.
The American citizen, whom Saturday’s statement appointed as Kalob Wayne Byers, was arrested after airport customs officials found a jam with cannabis in their luggage.
The Russian police said that the 28 -year -old American had tried to contraband a “significant amount” of drugs in the country, the Interfax agency reported, citing the Federal Customs Service of Russia. The agency said the American was arrested at Vnukovo airport in Moscow after flying from Istanbul on February 7.
Mash, a Russian telegram channel with links to security services, said the American citizen faces up to seven years in prison if he is guilty.
There were no immediate comments from the United States State Department.
The exchange of Washington-West prisoners this month saw Alexander Vinnik, an expert in Russian cryptocurren When I traveled to Russia to Russia to work in a school.
Fogel had been fulfilling a 14 -year sentence for having what his family and his supporters said it was medically prescribed marijuana. The administration of President Joe Biden appointed Fogel as unfairly detained in December.
President Donald Trump overturned three years of American policy towards Ukraine, saying that he and Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed to begin negotiations to end the conflict after a long direct phone call.
