US citizen arrested in Moscow on drug charges

Robert Woodland Romanov speaks to a journalist during his interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper in Moscow (Anastasia Vardanyan, Komsomolskaya Pravda via AP)

A US citizen has been arrested on drug charges in Russia, officials said on Tuesday, a move that comes amid soaring Russia-US tensions over Ukraine.

The arrest of Robert Woodland Romanov was reported by the press service of the Moscow courts.