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Russia reduces prison sentence for US soldier convicted of theft

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Staff Sgt. Gordon Black , 34 , flew to the Pacific port city of Vladivostok to see his girlfriend.

He was arrested in May 2024 after she accused him of stealing from her, according to U.S. officials and Russian authorities.

Black's defense had asked the court to acquit him of making threats of murder.

Russia has jailed a number of Americans in recent years as tensions between Moscow and the West grew.