Moscow: American held in Russia after arriving in rubber boat

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A lost U.S. boater from Alaska was hospitalized in Anadyr, Russia, this week after officials say he became disoriented by bad weather and ended up at Russia's eastern cost. Photo courtesy Anadyr, Russia, Administration

Aug. 3 (UPI) – An American boater has been detained by Russian border guards after he traveled in a small rubber boat from Alaska to Russia's eastern coast, officials said Friday.

The Russian government identified the man as 46-year-old John Martin. A source told Russia's state-run Tass news agency Martin accidentally got lost at sea after traveling from Alaska's Yukon River.

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