Deported Deripaska-linked model arrives in Russia

Описание: (17 Jan 2019) A Belarusian model who claimed last year that she had evidence of Russian involvement in helping elect Donald Trump president, arrived in Moscow Thursday after being deported from Thailand earlier in the day.
It is believed that Anastasia Vashukevich was immediately detained by Russian authorities at passport control in Sheremetyevo Airport.
Kristina Sheremetyeva, the wife of Alexander Kirillov (aka Alex Lesley), Vashukevich's colleague, told reporters at the airport that four people had been detained.
She named them as Alexander Kirillov, Anastasiya Vashukevich, Andrey Izheshko, and Maria Zharkova.
Vashukevich along with seven co-defendants pleaded guilty this week in a case related to holding a sex training seminar in Thailand.
They were arrested almost a year ago in the seaside resort town of Pattaya, which is especially popular with Russian tourists.
Thailand's immigration police chief Lieutenant General Surachate Hakparn said most of the group left on flights shortly after noon, those going to Russia on one flight and those headed to Belarus on another.
Vashukevich and at least one of the other deportees hold passports from Belarus.
While in custody, Vashukevich claimed to have recordings of Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska talking about interference in the 2016 US election, but never released them.
Deripaska is close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, and also had a working relationship with Paul Manafort, Trump's former campaign manager who was investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller and convicted last year of tax and bank fraud.
Vashukevich - also known on social media as Nastya Rybka - and her co-defendants were convicted of soliciting and conspiracy and given suspended 18-month prison terms.
The group had said that they were conducting a class on sexual relationships.
Surachate said Russian self-styled sex guru Alexander Kirillov, Vashukevich's mentor in the sex training business, would take a Thursday night flight because no more seats were available earlier.

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