Russia Jails U.S. Teacher for 14 Years on Drug Charges

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
possession, media reported Thursday.Marc Fogel was detained passing through customs at a Moscow airport in August 2021, when 11 grams of
marijuana and eight grams of hash oil was reportedly found in his luggage.He had worked at the United States Embassy in Moscow until May
2021, acccording to the Russian authorities
human rights council and prison watchdog said at the time.Fogel maintained that the marijuana was prescribed by a United States doctor and
amid bilateral tensions, with former United States Marine Paul Whelan and basketball star Brittney Griner most prominent among them.Another
ex-Marine, Trevor Reed, was in April exchanged for Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was convicted in the United States on drug
smuggling charges.