INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A Russian court in the Far East city of Vladivostok on Wednesday sentenced an American soldier to three years and nine months in prison for
making death threats and theft, state media reported.Gordon Black was arrested last month in Vladivostok, where he was visiting a Russian
woman he met and dated while stationed in South Korea.The 34-year-old was arrested after the woman, identified by Russian media as Alexandra
Vashuk, reported him to the police following an argument.Vashuk had accused Black of stealing around 10,000 rubles ($113) from her and said
theft and not guilty to threatening to kill Vashuk, Russian media reported.The pair met in October 2022 on the dating app Tinder in South
Korea and had dated there, Black said
Vashuk then invited him to come to Vladivostok.Black's lawyer intends to appeal the verdict, the TASS news agency reported on Wednesday.
