webfact Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Wanted Phuket kidnapper identified as rogue Russian Navy officerAnton MakhrovAndrei Zabelin, photographed by a Thai Immigration camera, left, and in an earlier photograph when he was still a serving Russian Navy officer.PHUKET: -- Russian media have identified one of the men wanted for the kidnapping of Russians Aleksei Slabinskiy and Yana Strizheus on March 7 as a former officer of the Russian Far East Fleet.The man, identified by Thai police as a Ukrainian, Oleksandr Boychuk, also known as “Andrei”, has been identified as Russian Andrei Zabelin after a number of people in the Russian Far East recognised him from photographs posted online.The Phuket News’ sister newspaper Novosti Phuketa quoted Russian newspapers as reporting that Zabelin is on a Russian police wanted list.In 2005 he was found guilty of “intentionally causing serious harm to another person’s health” after a quarrel with a stranger who was smoking in the stairwell of his building. Zabelin ended the dispute by pointing an 18mm “non-lethal” handgun at the man’s face and firing a rubber bullet at him.Despite Zabelin’s good military service record and his plea that he was acting in self-defence, a military court found him guilty. He fled before he could be locked up.Later it was discovered that while serving in the Russian Navy Zabelin had been instrumental in the wholesale theft of Navy provisions.Investigators discovered thefts that could be attributed to him amounting to about 49 million roubles (at that time equivalent to about B49 million).Izvestia newspaper reported that Andrei fled to Phuket to avoid prosecution and was living on the island, with his family, using a Ukrainian passport.Police last week issued an arrest warrant for Andrei for kidnapping and extortion, and Russian national Aleksandr Novichkov for kidnapping and attempted rape in relation to the kidnapping of Mr Slabinskiy and his girlfriend Yana Strizheus.Mr Slabinskiy still remains missing, while Ms Strizheus was found injured in the Blue Garden Resort & Spa last Saturday (March 15).News initially broke on March 14 that the couple, who were living in Kamala at the time, were feared kidnapped after a series of frantic phone calls to relatives back home asking for money.Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/wanted-phuket-kidnapper-identified-as-rogue-russian-navy-officer-45344.php-- Phuket News 2014-03-25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomadJoe Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) Wow. Instrumental in a Russian Navy provisions theft ring netting over 1 million US, (presumably in arms deals) shoots a guy in the face for smoking in the stairwell, and kidnapping for ransom. Sounds like he may be a friend of Bout. So who's getting the book and movie rights on this guy? Edited March 25, 2014 by NomadJoe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoePai Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Sounds as though he should be in the Crimea 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pinkpanther99 Posted March 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted March 25, 2014 *insert comment about Thailand only wanting 'quality' tourists here* 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelepulse Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 He sounds and looks like a nasty piece of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 He is a nasty piece of work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SeanPhuket Posted March 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted March 25, 2014 The Thai authorities not to get a strong grip and hold on these Russians coming here. This is only the beginning and will make all the local corruption look like child's play. For me, 10 years here and these guys are my biggest worry for the island and my children's future here. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clockman Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Why do you think criminals come here???????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post androidThai Posted March 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted March 25, 2014 *insert comment about Thailand only wanting 'quality' tourists here*Don't mind if I do. Thailand' desire for rich quality tourists has produced the predictable results: a haven for drug dealers, arms smugglers, gangsters and international fugitives. Meanwhile, the average male Farang with a Thai wife and children must jump through hoop after hoop just to get a year visa. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belg Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 same attitude as with the malaysian flight : no body told us he was a criminal on the run ...? but life can be good on one of those fake passports, right ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seashore Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 How does someone like this get to travel overseas? They always seem to show up in Thailand….. I wonder why…? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxYakov Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) How does someone like this get to travel overseas? They always seem to show up in Thailand.. I wonder why? Fake ID, comrades/connections/semi-anarchy (or the fine weather/beaches - take your pick). Edited March 25, 2014 by MaxYakov 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noi657 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Some of these Russians coming to Thailand will make the jet ski scammers etc look like child's play! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 A violent man on the run is all the more dangerous. I hope he is caught pronto before some unfortunate gets in his way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Off topic posts removed - try to stay on this local story, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peecee Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 The Thai authorities not to get a strong grip and hold on these Russians coming here. This is only the beginning and will make all the local corruption look like child's play. For me, 10 years here and these guys are my biggest worry for the island and my children's future here. I saw the same thing happen to Cyprus when the Russians finally got passports; what a laugh I had when the Cypriot banks went tits up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Whilst teaching in China, with its 1.4 billion people and a thriving sex industry that well surpasses Thailand, I was amazed at how the Russian/Ukrainian/Eastern bloc, prostitutes were muscling in on the locals. They have no fear. I say this not because of the Chinese but because of the Uighers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsailor35 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Another Russian criminal refugee on Phuket! Reminds me of the old saying "Birds of a feather flock together" glad i don't live on Phuket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjonyoung Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 He does look mean. But he's got sensitive eyes. And the bullet was only rubber after all. Stupid question: what is wholesale theft? I can imagine it's cheaper than retail theft which can be a smig pricey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericthai Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 *insert comment about Thailand only wanting 'quality' tourists here*Don't mind if I do. Thailand' desire for rich quality tourists has produced the predictable results: a haven for drug dealers, arms smugglers, gangsters and international fugitives. Meanwhile, the average male Farang with a Thai wife and children must jump through hoop after hoop just to get a year visa. How do you relate the two? I dont see the connection. Thailand does desire quality tourists as I'm sure any other tourist destination does. But how does that equal a haven for Drug dealers, smugglers etc. Nothing has changed in Thailand in over 20 years about visa requirements expect that some are have become more restrictive. So actually Thailand is making it harder to stay here. So please explain to me the correlation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalf12 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 If Thailand wants quality tourists, and it should, stop the Russians coming. The average Russian does not have the money for holidays in Thailand. A few business men will have but most of the ones who go to Thailand have links with the criminal world. I worked in Russia and most of the locals I worked with admitted the only ones with any money to spend on holidays had criminal links. Then take a look at those who keep Pattaya afloat. Less than quality tourists for sure. Make a clean up and then the families will come and come back again and again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalf12 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Travel around some of the former Russian states and ask the people there. They all say the same thing, Russians are very nasty people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somtamnication Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Travel around some of the former Russian states and ask the people there. They all say the same thing, Russians are very nasty people Dear God. The young women are sooooo beautiful, though. I never look at the men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmayes Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Lets hope this slim ball and his friends make a mistake and gets caught soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiffanystoyz Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Hey get a Clue he relocated to Pattaya his Russian buddies there are hiding him. Check walking street or scratchy hill. Besides the cops there take bribes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langsuan Man Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Hey get a Clue he relocated to Pattaya his Russian buddies there are hiding him. Check walking street or scratchy hill. Besides the cops there take bribes. And they don't in Phuket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phanangpete Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Blame the director of TAT, she paved the way for him and his cronies to come to Thailand, cheap flights (package deals ) preferential treatment for visa's etc etc. Now it seems the Thai police force will require a special unit to deal with all the problems they bring . But its not just here its pretty much global, everywhere the expats have carved out a good lifestyle they will arrive wanting a piece of the action at others expense ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Koh Samui Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Round up all the Huski Ruskis and send em back to their mother land..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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