MOSCOW, Mar 29, -. RIA Novosti Moscow considers illegal content of Russian nationals in US prisons, in this context the names of Viktor Bout and Konstantin Yaroshenko referred to Vladimir Putin’s meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry, said the press -Secretary Russian president Dmitry Peskov.
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“in general, Russia is quite consistently stated its opposition to the attempt to extend American law extraterritorially, and in this regard, of course, we consider illegal content Bout and Yaroshenko, ie Russian citizens in American prisons. Of course, Russia has consistently continued to defend the interests of its citizens. It is in this context that these names were mentioned in conversation with Kerry, “- said Peskov, answering the question of how the subject has been Putin’s conversation with Kerry on hold US Russian citizens
The fate of convicted Russians became actively discussed after the media reports. opportunities Bout and Yaroshenko exchange for Ukrainian pilots Hope Savchenko, which has been condemned in Russia for 22 years in prison for the murder of journalists in the Donbass. The US Embassy in Moscow this development excluded.
The Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko is in the US from 2010, which was issued by the authorities of Liberia. The Americans accused him of drug smuggling. Later, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison. his guilt pilot did not recognize and repeatedly spoke about the violations during the investigation.
Businessman Victor Bout, whose US accused of involvement in the arms trade, also in the course of the investigation and the court denied his guilt. Russian diplomats have repeatedly pointed to the US authorities on the violation of the rights of entrepreneurs, who was arrested in Thailand in 2008 and extradited to the United States. Now Booth is serving a 25-year prison sentence for “conspiracy of intent” to sell weapons leftist Colombian group FARC.
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