A U.S. citizen has been arrested on drug charges in Russia, officials said Tuesday, a move that comes amid soaring Russia-U.S. tensions over Ukraine.
The arrest of Robert Woodland Romanov was reported by the press service of the Moscow courts. It said the Ostankino District Court ruled on Saturday to keep him in custody for two months on charges of preparing to get involved in illegal drug trafficking pending an official investigation. It didn’t offer any details of the accusations.
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Analysts have pointed out that Moscow could be using jailed Americans as bargaining chips amid U.S.-Russian tensions that soared when Russia sent troops into Ukraine. At least two U.S. citizens arrested in Russia in recent years — including WNBA star Brittney Griner — have been exchanged for Russians jailed in the U.S.
Life Pro Tip: Never go to Russia.
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What evidence do you have that he was doing drugs? The article doesn’t say that.
drugs are not the problem, russia is…
No, you can use drugs, but be smart/safe about it.
on charges of preparing to get involved in illegal drug trafficking
See how efficient Russia is? You don’t even have to commit the crime anymore to be charged with it. They’re cutting out the middle man and passing the savings on to you! /s
they could tell he was thinking about it. he just had one of those faces, ya know?
Precrime
Conspiracy…
Cool. Another dipshit hanging out in a hostile nation gets pinched. Now it will cost the US another arms dealer or spy to get them back.
Unless this was a journalist, I think he should probably just tough it out. He should have known better than to go to Russia especially now. We should not be trading another arms dealer or Russian spy for someone who doesn’t have the survival instinct to not put his hand on a stove.
Another moron who danced with the devil and got fucked. At this point, I don’t care if Elvis Presley calls me in a video chat from Russia showing off an Immortality potion. I ain’t touching one toe on the cursed soil.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
MOSCOW (AP) — A U.S. citizen has been arrested on drug charges in Russia, officials said Tuesday, a move that comes amid soaring Russia-U.S. tensions over Ukraine.
It said the Ostankino District Court ruled on Saturday to keep him in custody for two months on charges of preparing to get involved in illegal drug trafficking pending an official investigation.
The news about the arrest come as Washington has sought to win the release of jailed Americans Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich.
Whelan, a corporate security executive from Michigan, has been jailed in Russia since his December 2018 arrest on espionage-related charges that both he and the U.S. government dispute.
Analysts have pointed out that Moscow could be using jailed Americans as bargaining chips amid U.S.-Russian tensions that soared when Russia sent troops into Ukraine.
At least two U.S. citizens arrested in Russia in recent years — including WNBA star Brittney Griner — have been exchanged for Russians jailed in the U.S.
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Uneven trades in the past emboldened putin. Don’t repeat those mistakes again. Any US citizen going to Russia since the start of the war should be doing it on their own and prepared for false charges and incarceration. No more war lords for random citizens.
