My question...Why would she ever fly to Russia..?

[pbmus]

Link to tweet

[emulatorloo]

1. She had no choice in the matter. See link

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46922420

“Mr Zatsarinsky said Rybka, 27, had planned to get a connecting flight to Minsk, the Belarusian capital, but had been seized and dragged from the transit zone on to Russian territory, then whisked away to a police station.”

[LisaM]

2. She was deported. Did she have a choice?

This raises the larger issue of asylum seekers - they don't want to go back to their countries of origin, because it's not safe for them.

[Big Blue Marble]

6. It is likely money changed hands in the deal. N/T

[Big Blue Marble]

3. Thailand deported her to Russia based on a conviction for sexual misconduct.

The irony.

[elleng]

4. Wasn't voluntary,

airline routing did her in.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. I thought she was deported from Thailand.

[2naSalit]

7. Yup, they did.

To Belarus with a stop over in Moscow. She was arrested at the airport during that plane change.