The detentions renewed questions over whether Russian authorities are targeting Americans for potential prisoner swaps amid sharp disagreements between Moscow and Washington over the war in Ukraine and other international security issues.
Russian authorities said separately on May 7 that an American identified by court officials as William Russell Nycum had been detained 10 days ago in an unrelated case and was in custody in Moscow on 'petty hooliganism' and alcohol charges.
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