Mother of Gordon Black, US soldier detained in Russia, says he was visiting girlfriend in Vladivostok before arrest [Video]

The mother of Gordon Black, a 35-year-old United States Army soldier who was detained in Russia on charges of criminal misconduct last week, revealed he was visiting his girlfriend at the time of his arrest in Vladivostok.

In a new interview with “Good Morning America,” Melody Jones explained that her son, Black, was on a two-week leave from his station in South Korea when he traveled to Russia to visit his girlfriend.

“I told him I was really uncomfortable,” Jones said, recalling a conversation with her son before his trip. “I had a bad feeling about him going, but he went anyway.”

Two U.S. officials confirmed to ABC News on Monday that Black left South Korea of his own volition and was not granted any kind of permission to travel to Russia.

Vladivostok is a port city in southeast Russia near the country’s borders with North Korea and China.

Upon arrival in Russia, Jones said Black told her …