Russia sentences US citizen to 12 years in prison over drug charges An American resident has been condemned to 12.5 years in a greatest security punitive state by a Russian court in the wake of being found liable on drug charges. Robert Forest, 32, was captured in Moscow in January and blamed by examiners for attempting to sell a huge amount of methadone. His legal advisor told Reuters news office that he had to some extent admitted to the charges. Mr Forest, who was brought into the world in Russia and embraced at age two, made a trip to the country in 2020 to find his introduction to the world mother, an excursion that was reported in a Russian unscripted television show. He is the furthest down the line American resident to be held in the country. A few Western authorities claim that the Kremlin is "storing" Americans in return for partners and specialists held abroad..