Moscow, Russia - Russian police have detained a US citizen in Moscow for "violence" against a law enforcement officer, investigators said Wednesday.

"At night on August 12, 2024, a US citizen was brought to a Moscow police station in connection with his hooliganism," Russia's Investigative Committee said in a statement.

"The suspect refused to provide his identity documents, after which he used violence against a law enforcement officer," it said.

The statement said the man, who was not named, would be charged and investigators would ask a court that he be remanded in custody.

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The incident comes two weeks after the release of US reporter Evan Gershkovich, former US marine Paul Whelan, and 14 others from Russian jails in the biggest East-West prisoner exchange since the Cold War.

There are still several US citizens and other Western nationals in Russian prisons on a variety of charges.