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Eugene

(61,881 posts) Tue Jan 22, 2019, 10:49 AM Jan 2019

Russia frees model from police custody who claimed Trump secrets: TASS

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS JANUARY 22, 2019 / 8:50 AM / UPDATED 41 MINUTES AGO

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A model from Belarus who claimed to have evidence of Russian interference in U.S. President Donald Trump’s election was freed from Russian police custody on Tuesday, but remains a suspect in an unrelated criminal case, the TASS news agency reported.

Anastasia Vashukevich and three others were detained upon arrival at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on Thursday after being deported from Thailand.

Russian authorities have said they suspect her of forcing women into prostitution, a charge that carries a jail sentence of up to three years.

Vashukevich, who is also known as Nastya Rybka, has previously said she was in possession of recordings of conversations on interference in the U.S. election through an association with Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. Deripaska’s representatives have accused her of fabrication and said she was never his mistress.

Reporting by Tom Balmforth and Gabrielle Tetrault-Farber; Writing by Andrew Osborn; Editing by Gabrielle Tetrault-Farber

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-russia-detention/russia-frees-model-from-police-custody-who-claimed-trump-secrets-tass-idUSKCN1PG1M8

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Russia frees model from police custody who claimed Trump secrets: TASS (Original Post) Eugene Jan 2019 OP

Hmmmmm.... If she has tapes of Oleg and pictures of Americans... PeeJ52 Jan 2019 #1

If she had them, Sanity Claws Jan 2019 #6

Right now the world is watching. Rachel did a feature on her last night. 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2019 #2

The 'model's' story seemed fishy from the beginning. fleur-de-lisa Jan 2019 #3

vlad's police not fooled Jan 2019 #4

If she isn't dead already... 2naSalit Jan 2019 #5

They have her where they want her. I'm sure they will find a use for her. chowder66 Jan 2019 #8

I'm sure her life is in grave danger. barbtries Jan 2019 #7

PeeJ52

(1,588 posts)

1. Hmmmmm.... If she has tapes of Oleg and pictures of Americans...

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 10:57 AM

Jan 2019

why would the Russians be releasing her? Could Putin perhaps be trying to put a little scare into Donny Boy to hurry up and do something for him? Could Donny Boy be compromised and need a little prodding to produce?

Sanity Claws

(21,847 posts)

6. If she had them,

Reply to PeeJ52 (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 11:29 AM

Jan 2019

she no longer does.
The Russians took them from her or they learned where they were kept and made sure they had them before releasing her.

50 Shades Of Blue

(9,985 posts)

2. Right now the world is watching. Rachel did a feature on her last night.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 11:08 AM

Jan 2019

But I'm sure there's a waiting open skyscraper window (or equivalent) with this woman's name on it in the not too distant future.

fleur-de-lisa

(14,624 posts)

3. The 'model's' story seemed fishy from the beginning.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 11:11 AM

Jan 2019

I'm starting to wonder if this was another Putin ploy to set up the US intelligence community and American journalists to make them look like fools, chasing after info that would be damaging to Deripaska. It doesn't seem to have worked.

I really doubt that the mobster Putin gives a shit about women being forced into prostitution.

not fooled

(5,801 posts)

4. vlad's police

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 11:12 AM

Jan 2019

probably have leverage of some sort (family members?) and made it clear to her that if she doesn't shut up, more besides herself are in danger.

Also, she probably turned over all tapes, photos etc. depicting donnie's campaign staff (probably) meeting with deripaska and others.