onthedarkside Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 "U.S. citizens residing or travelling in Russia should depart immediately," the US Mission Russia said in an updated travel advisory issued by the US State Department. "Exercise increased caution due to the risk of wrongful detentions," it said. "Russian security services have arrested U.S. citizens on spurious charges, singled out U.S. citizens in Russia for detention and harassment, denied them fair and transparent treatment, and convicted them in secret trials or without presenting credible evidence." https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-2-13-23/h_a08c482659854a2cbecaf429141c0a3c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabas Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Possibly encouraged by the release of a top prize like Viktor Bout? Russia wanted Viktor Bout back, badly. The question is: Why? WaPost "There is little doubt that Bout is a top prize for Russian officials ..." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internationalism Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 (edited) so something happen or just Biden escalation of conflict, so he can gain politically within the country? citing war in ukraine or detention of Whelan in 2018 is not convincing, they are not new events Edited February 13, 2023 by internationalism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozimoron Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 44 minutes ago, rabas said: Possibly encouraged by the release of a top prize like Viktor Bout? Russia wanted Viktor Bout back, badly. The question is: Why? WaPost "There is little doubt that Bout is a top prize for Russian officials ..." Bout was low level after his prison sentence and of no value for arms smuggling. He will be tracked by the CIA for the rest of his life. This is why the Russians were willing to trade him for a basketball player but retained other more valuable American prisoners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozimoron Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 36 minutes ago, internationalism said: so something happen or just Biden escalation of conflict, so he can gain politically within the country? citing war in ukraine or detention of Whelan in 2018 is not convincing, they are not new events Yeah, Biden is going to start a conflict with Russia. Oh, wait.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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