U.S. soldier arrested in Russia, officials say

Concerns are on the rise now that another American is in Russian custody. This time. It's a soldier from Wyoming accused of stealing Ian Lee reports on what his arrest means for foreign affairs, carefully crafted Kremlin choreography shows a man at the height of power. Vladimir Putin's inauguration carried the air of a coronation. The Russian president easily won 1/5 term in office with no real rivals. The celebration as Russia has put another American behind bars. Staff sergeant Gordon Black to my mom and dad back home in Cheyenne. Wy Black is stationed in South Korea and was visiting a girlfriend in Russia. A country listed as a do not travel zone for the US. Military. Authorities arrested him last week on charges of criminal misconduct. Please do not torture him. His mother says the girl accused him of stealing $100 from her. She said he was arrested let go. He was in a hotel room and then she didn't know what happened to him. And then all of a sudden he is arrested, I guess Black joins a growing list of Americans held in Russia including retired marine, Paul Whalen and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershowitz US. Officials say the men have been wrongly detained. Black's arrest highlights the 10 relations with Washington, the US and many Western countries boycotted Putin's inauguration which ushered in at least six more years of a man who ordered nuclear drills just this week saying it should cool down hot heads in the West Ian Lee CBS News London.

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Length: 1min 41sec (101 seconds)

Published: Tue May 07 2024