U.S. soldier held in Russia charged with threatening to kill girlfriend

A U.S. military serviceman detained in Russia on suspicion of theft has also been charged with threatening to kill his girlfriend, Russian independent outlet Mediazona reported on Monday, citing the local prosecutor’s office.
Prosecutors in Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East said they had approved an indictment of a U.S. citizen born in 1989. It did not name the U.S. citizen but the details matched Black’s.
The prosecutor’s statement said the two had quarrelled and the American had subsequently “forcibly grabbed the girl by the neck, which she perceived as a real threat to her life”. It did not say how or whether the accused had responded to the new charge.
Black, a 34-year-old U.S. staff sergeant, was detained on May 2 by police in Vladivostok on suspicion of stealing from a Russian woman he was in a relationship with.