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A US Army sergeant who was arrested in Russia last week was going through a divorce at the time he travelled without authorisation to follow a new girlfriend to Russia, where the woman later accused him of theft, leading to his arrest.

The revelation, based on comments from Gordon Black’s family to the Washington Post, helps fill in the details of the evolving international incident.

Mr Black, 34, was supposed to be on leave from the Army and returning to Fort Cavazos, in Texas, but instead travelled to the eastern Russian city of Vladivostok last month to follow a woman named Alexandra Vashchuk.

According to Radio Free Europe reporter Mark Krutov, who tracked the couple’s relationship using social media, the pair appear to have met in South Korea, where Mr Black was stationed.

On TikTok, Ms Vashchuck had referred to …

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