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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJailed model who claimed she has dirt on Russian oligarch speaks out
An imprisoned model from Belarus who claimed last year she had evidence of Russian involvement in helping elect Donald Trump president has told Russian media she can't wait to be released. Anastasia Vashukevich, who has been in a Thai prison since February last year, was given a suspended sentenced Tuesday and ordered to be deported after she pleaded guilty to soliciting and conspiracy.
Vashukevich, also known as Nastya Rybka, earlier claimed to have recordings of Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska talking about interference in the 2016 U.S. election, but never released them. She has said she provided "escort" services to Deripaska, who is close to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
State-owned news agency RIA Novosti, in Vashukevich's first interview since her arrest, quoted her as saying that she is looking forward to a free life. She made no comment about her allegations about Deripaska.
Deripaska, who also had a working relationship with Paul Manafort, Mr. Trump's former campaign manager who was investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller and convicted last year of tax and bank fraud.
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WeekiWater
Jan 2019
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C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)1. Anastasia. Won't see her no more.
WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)2. That's what I was thinking when reading it.
"Vashukevich indicated she would turn over the recordings she claimed to have if the U.S. could help secure her release, but later withdrew the offer, suggesting that she and Deripaska had reached an agreement."
Deripaska will "seal the deal" once she is released.
PSPS
(13,595 posts)3. These johns sure are talky.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)4. Thanks for posting, W
This young woman is - well, I wish her the best, she gave it a shot (getting her info out)
Maybe there are things going on we dont know about...maybe she got the info to the right people, and maybe she wont be sent to her death
Have mercy
FUCK YOU DERIPASKA AND
ALL YOU SCUMBAG MOBSTERS
ALL OF YOU