Russian court cuts sentence of jailed US soldier Black, Russian agencies report
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on April 7, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on April 7, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
A Russian court reduced US soldier Gordon Black's sentence to three years and two months for theft and threats, down from three years and nine months.
(Reuters) - A Russian court in Vladivostok slightly cut the sentence of U.S. soldier Gordon Black who was jailed last year after being found guilty of stealing $113 from his girlfriend and making threats to kill her, Russian agencies reported on Monday.
Russia's RIA and TASS state news agencies, citing court proceedings, reported that the court cut Black's sentence to three years and two months. Black was sentenced in June of last year to three years and nine months.
(Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
The main topic is the reduction of US soldier Gordon Black's sentence by a Russian court.
Gordon Black was jailed for stealing $113 from his girlfriend and making threats to kill her.
The court proceedings took place in Vladivostok, Russia.
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