A US soldier has been detained in Russia after being accused of stealing from a woman.
The American soldier was stationed in South Korea and traveled independently, not on an official mission, to Russia, four US officials told NBC News on Monday.
He has been identified as Staff Sgt Gordon Black.
Black was taken into custody in Vladivostok ‘on charges of criminal misconduct’ on Thursday, stated a US Army spokesperson Cynthia Smith.
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