{"id":2289260,"date":"2024-07-04T17:42:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T21:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-court-sentences-u-s-citizen-to-12-1-2-years-in-prison-on-drug-charges-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-04T17:43:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T21:43:54","slug":"russian-court-sentences-u-s-citizen-to-12-1-2-years-in-prison-on-drug-charges-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-court-sentences-u-s-citizen-to-12-1-2-years-in-prison-on-drug-charges-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian court sentences U.S. citizen to 12 1\/2 years in prison on drug charges &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussian-court-sentences-u-s-citizen-to-12-1-2-years-in-prison-on-drug-charges-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2289260&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary:<\/p>\n<p>A \u2063Russian-born U.S.\u2062 citizen named \u2063Robert Woodland was sentenced\u2063 to 12 1\/2 years \u2063in a Russian prison for drug crimes. He admitted partially \u2063to\u200c the \u200bcharges but plans to appeal. Woodland\u200b was accused of trafficking drugs as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-woman-targeted-in-mexico-kidnapping-freed-after-8-months\/\" title=\"American woman kidnapped in Mexico freed after 8 months.\">criminal\u200d group<\/a>. Other Americans, including a Wall Street Journal reporter and a former U.S. Marine, have \u2063also been arrested in Russia on various charges. Woodland&#8217;s\u200d case is part of a trend of Americans facing legal trouble\u2064 in \u200cRussia.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Russian court sentences US citizen to 12 1\/2 years in prison on drug charges<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/barnini-chakraborty\/\">Barnini Chakraborty<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-04T17:30:10-04:00\">July 4, 2024 5:30 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1679039\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"drug related crimes\">Russian<\/a>-born U.S. citizen on Thursday was sentenced to 12 1\/2 years in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-airs-puff-piece-on-radical-left-wing-district-attorney-of-crime-ravaged-san-francisco\/\" title=\"CBS Airs Puff Piece on Radical Left-Wing District Attorney of Crime-Ravaged San Francisco\">maximum\u00a0security prison<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/drugs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"drug related crimes\">drug crimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-american-citizen-drug-charges-court-8cfeb76700483890f5811ff202925a74\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Robert Woodland\">Robert Woodland<\/a> faced charges of trafficking large amounts of illegal drugs as part of an organized group, a crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison. He was arrested and has been detained since January.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robert Woodland, a Russian-born U.S. citizen, stands in a glass cage during a court hearing on Thursday, July 4, 2024, in Moscow. (AP Photo\/Alexander Zemlianichenko)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stanislav Kshevitsky, his lawyer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/russia-jails-us-citizen-robert-woodland-12-12-years-drug-trafficking-case-2024-07-04\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\u00a0Reuters\">told <em>Reuters<\/em><\/a> that Woodland had partially admitted his guilt but that his team\u00a0would\u00a0appeal the sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Video footage released by authorities showed a shaved-headed Woodland inside a glass courtroom cage. He showed little emotion when the verdict was read.<\/p>\n<p>Kshevitsky\u00a0said Woodland has been suffering from mental health problems but declined to provide additional details. He told <em>Reuters<\/em> the Russian court did not take his client\u2019s mental health into consideration before sentencing him to a penal colony.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said Woodland was part of a large-scale criminal group and had transported 50 grams of <a href=\"https:\/\/adf.org.au\/drug-facts\/mephedrone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"mephedrone\">mephedrone<\/a>, a type of amphetamine, from a location outside Moscow into the city, where he packed the drugs to sell. He was arrested as he was dropping the drugs off, prosecutors claimed.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old is among a list of Americans who have been arrested in\u00a0Russia\u00a0as tensions between the\u00a0two nations simmer.<\/p>\n<p>Among the other Americans detained is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3060036\/evan-gershkovich-on-trial-in-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Evan Gershkovich\">Evan Gershkovich<\/a>, a <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> reporter who was arrested in March 2023 on spying charges, which he and his employer vehemently deny. The U.S. government claims he is being used as a bargaining chip by Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2644418\/paul-whelan-feels-serious-betrayal-by-us-leaving-him-in-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Paul Whelan\">Paul Whelan<\/a>, a former U.S. Marine, was arrested in 2018 and sentenced to 16 years for spying. He and the U.S. government have denied the charges. <\/p>\n<p>Russia claims he was a spy for military intelligence and was caught with a computer flash drive containing classified information.<\/p>\n<p>Ksenia Karelina, a dual U.S.-Russian national, was arrested in February on treason charges while she was visiting her family. Karelina, who lives in Los Angeles, is accused of collecting donations for a Ukrainian organization whose beneficiary is the Ukrainian army. Her family said she donated $50 to a New York-based nonprofit organization that donates no-military aid to Ukraine. If convicted, she could spend the next 20 years behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>School teacher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/639873\/former-ambassador-identifies-big-obstacle-to-freeing-americans-in-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Marc Fogel\">Marc Fogel<\/a> was arrested in August 2021 for trying to enter Russia with 17 grams of medical marijuana. He had been prescribed it by a doctor in the United States to treat chronic pain. He was sentenced in June 2022 to 14 years in prison. He had been working in Russia since 2012, teaching at the Anglo-American School of Moscow. In the two years since he was sentenced to a penal colony, <a href=\"https:\/\/triblive.com\/local\/marc-fogel-speaks-about-his-health-and-hope-of-returning-home-in-interview-from-russian-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"he told\">he told<\/a> Triblive.com\u00a0that he was having medical troubles. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpinal issues are profound injuries,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s nerve damage and numbness, and my balance is not as good as it should be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fogel did not criticize the Russian authorities or speak poorly of the conditions of the prison, likely because his comments were being monitored.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER \">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/gene-spector-russia-arrest-espionage-us-businessman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Eugene Spector\">Eugene Spector<\/a>, who was born in Russia and moved to the U.S., is serving a 3-1\/2-year sentence for bribery. He had served as chairman of the board of Medpolymerprom Group, a company specializing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-charges-another-american-citizen-with-espionage\/\" title=\"Another American citizen charged with espionage by Russia.\">cancer-curing drugs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He pleaded guilty to helping bribe an assistant to an ex-Russian deputy prime minister.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1679039\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1679039\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A U.S. citizen of Russian descent has been sentenced to 12 1\/2 years in a high-security prison in Russia for drug offenses. Robert Woodland was found guilty of trafficking illegal drugs as part of an organized group and has been detained since January. His lawyer plans to appeal the sentence, stating that Woodland has admitted some guilt but has been suffering from mental health issues. Prosecutors claim that Woodland was involved in transporting drugs and was arrested while dropping them off. This case is part of a series of Americans being detained in Russia, including a Wall Street Journal reporter and a former U.S. Marine, on various charges<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2646,"featured_media":2289261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/robertwoodland.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33957,32433,33955,33956,32076],"class_list":["post-2289260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-drug-charges","tag-prison-sentence","tag-russian-court","tag-u-s-citizen","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/robertwoodland.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2646"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2289260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2289261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2289260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2289260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2289260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}