RELEASED: 24 Jan 2019 at 15:46
MOSCOW: The legal representative of a Belarussian escort apprehended and after that deported from Thailand who declared she had evidence of Russian collusion with Donald Trump’s election project on Wednesday demanded her innocence after she was launched from custody in Moscow for apparently persuading ladies into prostitution.
Anastasia Vashukevich, likewise called Nastya Rybka, had actually been anticipated to talk to the media in Moscow however did not show up.
Her legal representative Dmitry Zatsarinsky rather dealt with journalism alone, informing press reporters: “She has actually not devoted any criminal offenses.”
Vashukevich was arrested at a Moscow airport recently after being deported from Thailand as part of a group founded guilty of taking part in a “sex training course”.
She was apprehended in addition to Alexander Kirillov, a self-styled sex master, who had actually likewise been deported.
Vashukevich became famous last year after publishing a video revealing magnate Oleg Deripaska and a prominent deputy prime minister on a luxury yacht.
Deripaska was approved by the United States in 2015.
While in jail in Thailand, she likewise stated she knew about Russian meddling in the 2016 United States election although critics have actually dismissed her remarks as a promotion stunt.
Vashukevich was apprehended recently as a suspect in a probe into “browbeating into prostitution”.
Zatsarinsky stated 2 ladies had actually reported Vashukevich and Kirillov to the cops, declaring they had actually required them to participate in prostitution.
Deripaska has actually formerly taken legal action against Vashukevich for intrusion of personal privacy and his legal representative Alexei Melnikov informed RIA Novosti news firm on Wednesday that the magnate wishes to require Kirillov and Vashukevich to pay settlement of 1 million rubles (480,000 baht) bought by the court.
At a court hearing recently, Vashukevich informed reporters she wished to apologise to Deripaska and no longer wishes to “jeopardize him” or release a book on seducing oligarchs.
Zatsarinsky stated Vashukevich, who had actually been preparing to take a trip on to the Belarussian capital Minsk when she was apprehended, will for the time being remain in Russia as the prostitution case is continuous.
” In the coming days, she will not go anywhere. We require to deal with problems with the examination,” he stated.
He included that she has actually been summoned to see detectives today after her release on Tuesday.
