Gordon Black, a 34-year-old U.S. employees sergeant, was detained on Might 2 by police in Vladivostok

Moscow:

A U.S. navy serviceman detained in Russia on suspicion of theft has additionally been charged with threatening to kill his girlfriend, Russian impartial outlet Mediazona reported on Monday, citing the native prosecutor’s workplace.

Prosecutors in Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East mentioned they’d accepted an indictment of a U.S. citizen born in 1989. It didn’t title the U.S. citizen however the particulars matched Black’s.

The prosecutor’s assertion mentioned the 2 had quarrelled and the American had subsequently “forcibly grabbed the woman by the neck, which she perceived as an actual risk to her life”. It didn’t say how or whether or not the accused had responded to the brand new cost.

Gordon Black, a 34-year-old U.S. employees sergeant, was detained on Might 2 by police in Vladivostok on suspicion of stealing from a Russian girl he was in a relationship with.

He has pleaded responsible to the theft expenses and is cooperating with investigators. A Russian court docket dominated final week to maintain him in pre-trial detention.

The USA warns its residents in opposition to all journey to Russia, citing an array of causes, together with “the potential for harassment and the singling out of U.S. residents for detention by Russian authorities safety officers” and the arbitrary enforcement of the regulation.

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