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Russia Confirms U.S. Soldier Arrested for ‘Household Crime,’ Says He Is Not a Suspected Spy
The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday the arrest of an American soldier, identified by multiple news agencies as Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, in Vladivostok, stating that he faces charges of “household crime” and is not suspected of being a spy.
“The case has no relation to politics or espionage,” the Foreign Ministry office in Vladivostok told the Russian news agency Tass.
The office stated that the Foreign Ministry had little interest in the case because it did not seem to...