{"id":156468,"date":"2024-05-07T13:22:30","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T17:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=156468"},"modified":"2024-05-07T13:22:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T17:22:30","slug":"american-soldier-arrested-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=156468","title":{"rendered":"American Soldier arrested in Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Valor-Guardians-phony-soldier-20230305-B.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-156469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Valor-Guardians-phony-soldier-20230305-B-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Valor-Guardians-phony-soldier-20230305-B-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Valor-Guardians-phony-soldier-20230305-B-259x333.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Valor-Guardians-phony-soldier-20230305-B.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Staff Sergeant Gordon Black was stationed in South Korea. During his transit from South Korea to Fort Cavazos, Texas, he made a stop in Vladivostok, Russia. He wanted to meet up with his girlfriend, who lived in South Korea but returned to Russia. Black was subsequently arrested under accusations of stealing things from his Russian girlfriend. To add to Black&#8217;s &#8220;luck&#8221;, the Army did not authorize him to go to Russia, and he also was married.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>From the Associated Press:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>An American soldier visiting a girlfriend in Russia&#8217;s port city of Vladivostok was arrested on charges of stealing from her and remains in custody, according to several U.S. officials.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. officials said Monday the soldier, Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, was stationed in South Korea and was in the process of returning home to Fort Cavazos in Texas. Instead, officials said that Black, who is married, traveled to Russia to see a longtime girlfriend. His arrest only further complicates U.S. relations with Russia, which have grown increasingly tense as the war in Ukraine drags on.<\/p>\n<p>The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss personnel details.<\/p>\n<p>Cynthia Smith, Army spokeswoman, confirmed that a soldier was detained on Thursday in Vladivostok, a major military and commercial Pacific port, on charges of criminal misconduct. She said Russia notified the U.S. and the Army told the soldier&#8217;s family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. Department of State is providing appropriate consular support to the soldier in Russia,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>According to officials, the Russian woman had lived in South Korea, and last fall she and Black got into some type of domestic dispute or altercation. After that, she left South Korea. It isn\u2019t clear if she was forced to leave or what, if any, role Korean authorities had in the matter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/soldier-arrested-russia-korea-ca2842597a0af45062667f8cc552eca6\">Associated Press<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2024\/05\/06\/us-soldier-arrested-in-russia-army-officials-confirm\/\">Army Times<\/a> have more on this story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Sergeant Gordon Black was stationed in South Korea. 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