Not much we can do if you end up in a Russian prison.
Posted on 06/19/2024 11:19:58 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
A court in Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok on Wednesday convicted a visiting American soldier of stealing and making threats of murder, and it sentenced him to three years and nine months in prison.
Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, flew to the Pacific port city to see his girlfriend and was arrested last month after she accused him of stealing from her, according to U.S. officials and Russian authorities.
Russia's state news agencies Tass and RIA Novosti reported that the judge in Pervomaisky District Court in Vladivostok also ordered Black to pay 10,000 rubles ($115) in damages. Prosecutors had asked for a sentence of four years and eight months in prison.
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I went home with a waitress the way I always do
How was I to know she was with the russians, too?
I was gambling in Havana, I took a little risk
Send lawyers, guns, and money
Dad, get me out of this!
Warren Zevon…
Not much we can do if you end up in a Russian prison.
Perfect
Because of Sniffy’s sanctions and his arming of Ukraine, I would not want to be an American in Russia today.
Well he’s not a lesbian basketball player, so he’s pretty much screwed.
Can you blame the lad for thinking it was wrong?
George Floyd stole, and threatened his girlfriend with murder - and he got Nancy Pelosi and Congress to kneel before his image.
unless you are a black dude playing basketball in the womans division
Well, it’s not as if Staff Sgt. Black is a WNBA lesbian, so he’s out of luck.
Yeah. We can discuss the events leading to the war. But on February 24, 2022, we had to support Ukraine. Otherwise, the Russians would have conquered Ukraine by now.
“U.S. officials have said that Black, who is married, met Vashchuk in South Korea.”
That’s going to be an interesting conversation.
The girlfriend looks like a man.
Maybe in that part of the world they aren’t smokin hot.
Looks like the standard Russian honey-trap.
I wonder what sort job/work the GI does in the Army?
Detained U.S. soldier in Russia.
Girl: “I just came home, and here is some gringo waiting”
Here's a sweet video from Aleksandra Vashchuk, the ex-girlfriend of U.S. military officer Gordon Black. The love story is over: Black was arrested after Aleksandra filed a complaint.
In… pic.twitter.com/3X1HlEqYve— Russian Market (@runews) May 8, 2024
I didn’t think active duty soldiers could visit places like Russia.
“Black enlisted in the Army in 2008, and deployed to Iraq from October 2009 through September 2010, and to Afghanistan from June 2013 until March 2014. He is an infantry soldier.”
https://apnews.com/article/soldier-arrested-russia-korea-596c4e4601e0cf6679b9ff1a880d8678
Sounds like he is a squad leader.
You can get arrested for stealing?
And a prison sentence?
Barbarians!
He had a wife back in Texas, and a Russian girlfriend in Korea who left him and returned home to Russia. He’s an idiot for chasing after her. He admits to getting in a physical confrontation with her and stealing about $100. She claimed he threatened to kill her, which he denies. He claims he only “restrained her”. A Russian citizen would have got a slap on the wrist and been sent to Ukraine, so he’s lucky to get off with 4 years. Sometimes stupid hurts.
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