Russia Arrests US Musician, Former Paratrooper Michael Travis Leake on Drug Dealing Charges

Russia Arrests US Musician, Former Paratrooper Michael Travis Leake on Drug Dealing Charges
Martin Travis Leake (R), standing in a metal cage, appears in court in Moscow in a still from video released by Russian state TV on June 10, 2023. RURTR via Reuters/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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MOSCOW—A U.S. musician and former paratrooper has been arrested in Moscow on drug dealing charges and his court appearance, locked in a metal cage, has been shown on Russian state television.

Russia’s court system named the detained American as Michael Travis Leake, 51, who was formerly a songwriter and musician in the Russian “Lovi Noch” (“Catch the night”) rock band.