 If convicted, Guskovich could face up to 20 years in prison. A different U.S. citizen gets a 13-year sentence in Russia for drug smuggling. Moscow's court service says Michael Travis Leak was found guilty of selling drugs on a large scale. The former U.S. paratrooper has lived in Russia for years where he was the front man in a rock group. When he was arrested in 2023, Leak appeared confused, saying he didn't know why he was detained.