Moszkvában két hónapra előzetes letartóztatásba került egy ötvenegy éves amerikai férfi, akit a kokainhoz és az MDMA-hoz hasonló hatású mefedron árusításával vádolnak az orosz hatóságok, írja a Guardian.
Michael Travis Leake-ről az orosz Interfax hírügynökség jelentésében azt írják, hogy zenészként tevékenykedett Oroszországban, és fotói valóban megtalálhatók a Lovi Noch zenekar Facebook-oldalán, más hírek szerint 2010-óta Moszkvában élő férfi korábban az amerikai hadsereg ejtőernyőse volt. A hatóságok azzal is gyanúsítják Leake-t, hogy fiatalokból álló kábítószerterjesztő-hálózatot szervezett.
Az AP hírügynökség megkereste az Egyesült Államok külügyminisztériumát, ahol szűkszavúan azt válaszolták az ügyben feltett kérdésekre, hogy tudnak Leake letartóztatásának híréről, és ilyen esetekben a lehető legrövidebb időn belül konzuli segítséget nyújtanak az érintettnek, ahogy ezt ezúttal is tették.
A közelmúlt emlékezetes túszdiplomáciai esete volt, amikor tavaly februárban, az orosz–ukrán háború kitörését követően Oroszországban letartóztatták Brittney Griner kosárlabázót, miután a Seremetyjevói repülőtéren hasisolajat tartalmazó fiolákat találtak a poggyászában. Grinert később kilenc év börtönbüntetésre ítélték a rendkívül szigorú orosz drogtörvények alapján, ám decemberben szabadon engedték egy Amerikában bebörtönzött, és 2012-ben huszonöt évre elítélt orosz fegyverkereskedő, Viktor But szabadon bocsátásáért cserébe.
An Air India plane flying from New Delhi to San Francisco landed in Russia after it developed an engine problem, officials said. The airline is expected to send a replacement aircraft so the passengers could continue their travel to the U.S. https://t.co/DdoNRGu2ui
⚡️The Russian Air Force has reportedly struck at the fuel depot in #Voronezh, where #Wagner PMC troops were reported, to deprive them of access to fuel, local media reported. pic.twitter.com/IfXch2ncty
"There are rumours about the death of the head of Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin. We directly say that we suspect the Kremlin officials led by Putin of an attempt to kill him!
Russian General Gennady Zsidko and Lieutenant General Gennady Lopirev have been killed. The cause of their deaths are unclea. pic.twitter.com/Z1IvnSeuQF
Russian state media reporting a huge fire at Novorossiysk’ oil terminal, which is Russia’s main oil export hub in the area as well as the route by which the majority of Kazakh oil hits world markets. Unclear if drone strikes involved https://t.co/BJwwwdv2GBpic.twitter.com/YvTmEQcrMS
A fire that had erupted on #Russia's nuclear-powered container ship Sevmorput was put out, authorities said. No one was injured in the incident, occurred in one of the cabins of the vessel & affected an area of some 30 square meters, the emergency department of Murmansk region pic.twitter.com/LVjsThLXMv
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The warehouse of a large online store Wildberries is on fire in St. Petersburg. The area of the fire is 70 thousand square meters, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said
Russian media report that the damage from the fire may amount to 10-11 billion rubles (approximately 126… pic.twitter.com/Qnz7IgkHN2
Madhouse News The Tverskoy Court has fined Moscow resident Stanislav Netesov, who dyed his hair yellow and blue, under the article on discrediting the army. Maybe they should just ban the colors yellow and blue altogether? The sun and the sky? Don't look up or you'll go jail... pic.twitter.com/RZ0djnadGc
❗К 25 годам колонии приговорили новосибирского айтишника, обвиняемого в поджоге военкомата, в результате которого никто не пострадал
Восточный окружной военный суд Новосибирска признал новосибирца Илью Бабурина выиновным в терроризме, в покушении на организацию содействию… pic.twitter.com/aJvUagtyA8
A court in Yekaterinburg has convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich of espionage and sentenced him to 16 years in a high security penal colony. The trial has been dismissed as a ‘sham’ by US officials & the WSJ. pic.twitter.com/1tSodId4pR
Early this evening, Ukrainian Navy R-360 Neptune cruise missiles slammed into a Russian storage facility outside of Yeysk, reportedly housing hundreds of Shahed-136 attack drones.
Footage claimed to show Hundreds of North Korean Soldiers training at a Russian Military Base near the City of Sergeyevka in the Primorsky Krai Region of Eastern Russia, which is roughly 100 Miles from Russia’s Small Land-Border with North Korea. pic.twitter.com/AxZ0Um48V8
Mikhail Rogachev, the former vice-president of Yukos, a now-defunct oil and gas company, fell from a window in Moscow, according to Russian media https://t.co/nJKqBrUSRV
A retired senior Russian official close to both Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin's secret services has reportedly died after falling down the stairs of his country house and breaking his neck.
Former director of the Federal Migration Service, Konstantin Romodanovsky, 67, died… pic.twitter.com/lxwpzooXBk
Otro más que se añade a la lista. Konstantin Romodanovsky, espía considerado los "ojos y oídos" de Putin, muere después d "caerse por las escaleras y romperse el cuello" en la más reciente de las ya no tan misteriosas muertes del denominado “Death State”https://t.co/MqeVyVI629pic.twitter.com/8pKcXHeGDZ
Maksim Yeremin, a former colonel and head of the counterterrorism unit in Russia's Federal Security Service, died at 50 after choking on a piece of meat while dining at a Moscow restaurant on the 25th. pic.twitter.com/Nnt4YYnrfW
🚨 Russia starts new War? Nationwide Emergency Drills Begin 🚨
On March 5, from 10:00 local time, Russia will conduct a nationwide test of its emergency alert system—sirens will sound, and TV & radio broadcasts will be interrupted with the message "Attention everyone!"
🔥 A massive fire has broken out at the Onezhsky Shipbuilding Plant in Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russia. The blaze has already spread across 1,500 square meters. pic.twitter.com/0GcMOMXQoZ
Под Петербургом разбился военный вертолет, экипаж погиб
Ми-28 потерпел крушение у деревни Шуговицы, подтвердили каналу 78 в администрации Волосовского района. В пресс-службе Ленинградского военного округа сообщили 47news, что он состоял на вооружении ВКС России.
‼️🇷🇺💥Explosion in the Central Children's Store in Moscow: a gas cylinder depressurized
▪️ According to preliminary data, one person died, three were injured. Two of them were hospitalized. ▪️ The Central Children's Store building was completely cordoned off, people were… pic.twitter.com/hCnxPyPR2n
#BREAKING | An Antonov An-2 biplane, suffered a "hard landing" that escalated into a crash in the remote Yermakovsky district of Russia's Krasnoyarsk Krai today. One crew member confirmed dead; search for the second continues. Emergency teams are responding. pic.twitter.com/CBx6x6Qug9