Treason charges after $50 for Ukraine: desperate battle to free LA ballerina held in Russia - eviltoast
  • OwlPaste@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I suspect the process is very simple, add the name and passport number details to be pulled over at the border. A notification to take someone aside and then call police to arrest srems simple enough and something that is videly practiced in an authoritarian countries. Where was a plane was forced down and a anti government person was arrested a couple of years ago? Wasn’t it Belarus?

    • fluxion@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      They took her phone as soon as she got there. Then they went through it for the next few weeks looking for reasons to arrest her and use her as a bargaining chip. They probably do this arbitrarily to pretty much everyone in her position.

      In mother Russia you don’t go to jail for your crimes, crimes go to you for jail.