US citizen Woodland convicted of drug-related charges by Moscow court. He's sentenced to 12.5 years
Robert Woodland, a Russia-born U.S. citizen, has been convicted of drug-related charges by a Moscow court and sentenced to 12 1/2 years in a maximum security prison. He was found guilty Thursday of attempted trafficking of large amounts of illegal drugs as part of an organized group. Russian media reported that his name matches a U.S. citizen interviewed in 2020 who said he was born in the Perm region in 1991 and adopted by an American couple at age 2. He said he traveled to Russia to find his mother. He is reported to also have Russian citizenship. His lawyers said they will appeal the ruling because Woodland's guilt hasn't been proven.