The US Congress called on Russia to release American student Trevor Reed, who was sentenced to nine years in prison for attacking police officers in Moscow. This was reported on the website of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives.
According to the authors of the resolution, Reed, who is an eighth generation Texan and a former Marine, will spend nearly a decade of his life in a Russian prison for crimes of which he is not guilty. They stressed that the persecution of the American student is “politically motivated.”
Earlier, Reed explained his behavior with a liter of vodka he had drunk. Before the verdict was announced, the American also promised never to drink this alcoholic drink again.
On July 30, 2020, the Moscow Golovinsky Court sentenced Trevor Reed to nine years in prison. The 28-year-old American was found guilty under Article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“The use of violence against a government official, dangerous to life or health”). It was established that on August 16, 2019, the residents of a house on Leningradskoye Highway called the police to calm down a drunk man who had quarreled with several women. But towards the arriving policemen, Reed also showed aggression. On the way to the department in an official car, he attacked the police – tore the driver's uniform and hit his colleague.
