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Prosecutors had asked for a sentence of four years and eight months in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Black\u2019s case occurs amid tensions over Russia\u2019s arrests of American journalists and other U.S. nationals as the fighting in Ukraine continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-prisoners-swap-gershkovich-whelan-putin-2a53c30a7ee686ee85de412ee833d154\">has jailed a number of Americans<\/a>, including corporate security executive <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/brittney-griner-politics-paul-whelan-united-states-government-russia-12269e0de0292a5cd590f034b2700b36\">Paul Whelan<\/a> and Wall Street Journal reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-gershkovich-journalist-prison-putin-swap-33b1751158e32fe18dfa576839999b6e\">Evan Gershkovich<\/a>. The U.S. government has designated both men as wrongfully detained and has been trying to negotiate their release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Others detained include <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-musician-arrested-drug-trafficking-3d32c6e75660d17f993dd6afe396eea7\">Travis Leake<\/a>, a musician who has been living in Russia for years and was arrested last year on drug-related charges; Marc Fogel, a teacher in Moscow who was sentenced to 14 years in prison, also on drug charges; and dual nationals <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-american-journalist-radio-free-europe-alsu-kurmasheva-0bd25c4f04201eed5b3a9aa871e1f6ad\">Alsu Kurmasheva<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/los-angeles-woman-arrest-russia-ukraine-3a121981719ed1904c0bbdbdb38f14ab\">Ksenia Khavana<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. State Department strongly advises American citizens not to go to Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Black was on leave and in the process of returning to his home base at Fort Cavazos, Texas, from South Korea, where he had been stationed at Camp Humphreys with the Eighth Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cynthia Smith, an Army spokesperson, said Black signed out for his move back home and, \u201cinstead of returning to the continental United States, Black flew from Incheon, Republic of Korea, through China to Vladivostok, Russia, for personal reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under Pentagon policy, service members must get clearance for any international travel from a security manager or commander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/soldier-arrested-russia-korea-596c4e4601e0cf6679b9ff1a880d8678\">The U.S. Army said last month<\/a> that Black hadn\u2019t sought such travel clearance and it wasn\u2019t authorized by the Defense Department. 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