Model who claimed to have proof of Russian meddling in US election arrested at Moscow airport
Model who claimed to have proof of Russian meddling in US election arrested
Anastasia Vashukevich has been jailed in Moscow airport upon arrival
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/17/model-who-claimed-to-have-proof-of-russian-meddling-in-us-election-arrested?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&fbclid=IwAR2ePzE-yzsaRvyWZ7dFSwj3AGx79aMfWkEqTVZ8mF9W2vcf9zcZlgYOSP4
A Belarusian model who claimed last year that she had evidence of Russian interference in the election of Donald Trump has been arrested upon her arrival in Moscow following deportation from Thailand. Moscow police said in a statement that Anastasia Vashukevich was detained on Thursday in Moscows Sheremetyevo airport on charges of inducement to prostitution along with three people deported alongside her.
Vashukevich, who has been in a Thai prison since February last year, was given a suspended sentence on Tuesday and ordered to be deported after she pleaded guilty to soliciting and conspiracy along with several co-defendants in a case related to holding a sex training seminar.
Vashukevich, also known on social media as Nastya Rybka, earlier 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 the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and had a working relationship with Paul Manafort, Trumps former campaign manager who was investigated by the special counsel Robert Mueller and convicted last year of tax and bank fraud.
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