An American worker arrested successful Russia was visiting his woman erstwhile helium was detained connected theft charges, according to his mother.
Staff sergeant Gordon Black, 35, had reportedly conscionable finished his work successful South Korea and traveled to Russia without immoderate benignant of permission.
On Thursday, helium was arrested for theft successful Vladivostok, a larboard metropolis adjacent Russia's borderline with North Korea and China.
Speaking to Good Morning America, his parent Melody Jones said Black was connected a two-week permission erstwhile helium traveled to Russia, and that she felt helium was being acceptable up due to the fact that she suspected his woman was a spy.
'I told him I was truly uncomfortable,' the acrophobic parent said. 'I had a atrocious feeling astir him going, but helium went anyway.... I knew thing was going to happen.'
Staff sergeant Gordon Black, 35, had reportedly conscionable finished his work successful South Korea and traveled to Russia without immoderate benignant of permission
His parent Melody Jones said Black was connected a two-week permission erstwhile helium traveled to Russia
Russian TV has reported Black was arrested for beating a pistillate and stealing wealth from her.
Black was questioned for 9 hours upon accomplishment astatine a Russian airport, Jones said, adding that she does not cognize if her lad had a visa to sojourn Russia.
Jones said Black met his woman astatine a nine successful South Korea implicit a twelvemonth agone and they had a 'volatile' relationship.
Black had reportedly claimed his woman got deported from South Korea aft they were progressive successful a quality successful the autumn of 2023.
The worker is being kept in pre proceedings confinement until July 2nd.
Black was expected to transportation from South Korea to Fort Cavazos successful Texas.
National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said the US is alert of the origin but could not accidental overmuch much astatine the moment.
Army spokeswoman Cynthia O. Smith said: 'The Russian Federation notified the U.S. Department of State of the transgression detention successful accordance with the Vienna Convention connected Consular Relations.
'The Army notified his household and the U.S. Department of State is providing due consular enactment to the worker successful Russia. Given the sensitivity of this matter, we are incapable to supply further details astatine this time.'
Black is present 1 of respective American citizens presently imprisoned successful Russia.
Wall Street Journal newsman Evan Gershkovich has been held by Russia since past March.
Black had claimed his woman got deported from South Korea aft they were progressive successful a quality successful the autumn of 2023
Meanwhile erstwhile Marine Paul Whelan has been jailed since 2018; helium is sentenced to 16 years successful situation aft being convicted of espionage.
Both are wrongfully detained, according to the US government.
Moreover, American-Russian ballerina Ksenia Karelina has been jailed successful Russia since January oregon donating $51 to a Ukrainian charity.
She was charged with treason and faces up to 20 years successful jailhouse for making a tiny donation to the humanitarian foundation Razom connected the time Russia invaded Ukraine.
The outgo was discovered aft her telephone was seized erstwhile she flew into Yekaterinburg's Koltsovo Airport connected January 2, readying to sojourn her 90-year-old grandparents successful clip for Russia's Christmas day.
The US authorities has warned US citizens against traveling to Russia.
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