A 51-year-old American living in Moscow was arrested on reported drug trafficking charges last week, according to Russian media.
“I am not admitting to any guilt,” Leake said in a video posted on social media by Russian media.
Leake’s reported arrest comes amid a series of detentions of other Americans in Russia on what the U.S. calls “false charges,” including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former Marine Paul Whelan. The State Department said it’s aware of reports of an American detained in Moscow, but has declined comment otherwise.podcast host Brad Mielke spoke to ABC News foreign correspondent Patrick Reevell about the detention and fears about other Americans living in Russia.
ABC’s foreign correspondent Patrick Reevell spent years based there. Patrick, who is this American citizen? Travis Leake speaks pretty bluntly [in the episode] about his views of how Russia already was and how difficult it was for bands that might try and be critical of the government. REEVELL: So the first thing to say is that we really don't know if the drug charges against him could be legitimate.
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