American father sentenced to 6 years in Russian prison for child abduction without mother's consent.

An unnamed American father was sentenced to six years in a Russian prison for attempting to take his four-year-old son out of the country without the mother's consent. Detained in July 2023 in Kaliningrad while trying to cross into Poland, he was charged with abduction and illegal border crossing. This incident highlights the deteriorating U.S.-Russia relations, which are at a historic low due to ongoing geopolitical tensions.