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An American soldier arrested in Russia was visiting his girlfriend when he was detained on theft charges, according to his mother.
Staff sergeant Gordon Black, 35, had reportedly just finished his service in South Korea and traveled to Russia without any kind of permission.
On Thursday, he was arrested for theft in Vladivostok, a port city near Russia's border with North Korea and China.
Speaking to Good Morning America, his mother Melody Jones said Black was on a two-week leave when he traveled to Russia, and that she felt he was being set up because she suspected his girlfriend was a spy.
'I told him I was really uncomfortable,' the concerned mother said. 'I had a bad feeling about him going, but he went anyway.... I knew something was going to happen.'
Staff sergeant Gordon Black, 35, had reportedly just finished his service in South Korea and traveled to Russia without any kind of permission
His mother Melody Jones said Black was on a two-week leave when he traveled to Russia
Russian TV has reported Black was arrested for beating a woman and stealing money from her.
Black was questioned for nine hours upon arrival at a Russian airport, Jones said, adding that she does not know if her son had a visa to visit Russia.
Jones said Black met his girlfriend at a club in South Korea over a year ago
