Russian Pilot kidnapped by US appeals to Putin for extradition.

[O.R.I.O.N]

http://rt.com/news/russian-pilot-jailed-health-322/

Wow...US has turned into every country they criticize.

 

[kidrocks]

Jailed Russian pilot on waitlist for medical exam, appeals to Putin for extradition from US ? RT News

Wow...US has turned into every country they criticize.

And it seems you have turned into against everything America stands for. But alas... don't worry. Healthwise, Obamacare will probably come to the rescue of your commie-loving comrade. He just needs apply promptly.

 

[O.R.I.O.N]

You do realize Russia hasn't been Communist for ohhh about 25 years? Let me guess you are a republican?

 

[TheOldSchool]

How about we trade him for Snowden

 

[kidrocks]

You do realize Russia hasn't been Communist for ohhh about 25 years? Let me guess you are a republican?

Wrong. Not a Republican, just an average American who does not quite believe your blanket-criticism of America.

 

[O.R.I.O.N]

Not quite blanket I just really can't see much I like about the current way the country is run.

 

[Mr. H.]

He's not sick, he's just jonezin' for a coke fix.

Why doesn't Yaroshenko sign the privacy waiver as he's been requested?

 

[O.R.I.O.N]

Why was he kidnapped from a country and then transported here? I guess only the US and Israel think they are above UN and international law.

 

[Mr. H.]

That's a good question. Do some research and get back to us, O.N.I.O.N.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

LOL you honestly believe that the Federal Prison system is withholding treatment from a prisoner? Or for that matter any of the other bullshit in that story?

 

[Mr. H.]

Maybe he's a plant. Purposefully set up to be sent into the prison system in order to raise a stink and make the U.S. look bad.

Hey- I think the Russians WANT to send Snowden back to us. Only they want to make the U.S. THINK they have a bargaining chip.

Sorry- watching too much House of Cards.

 

[Vox]

Jailed Russian pilot on waitlist for medical exam, appeals to Putin for extradition from US ? RT News

Wow...US has turned into every country they criticize.

And it seems you have turned into against everything America stands for. But alas... don't worry. Healthwise, Obamacare will probably come to the rescue of your commie-loving comrade. He just needs apply promptly.

LOL

I would never imagine that there would be a moment that I will agree with you, kidrocks, as there would be somebody more leftardly insane than you are

 

[Vox]

You do realize Russia hasn't been Communist for ohhh about 25 years? Let me guess you are a republican?

did you ever try to look into russian policies before making idiotic statements?

Russia was never communist. It was a socialist country. Communism never existed.
Nowadays policies resemble more Nazism than previous socialistic state, but nevertheless it is not even close to a standard market economy and it is NOT a democratic country.

 

[Kondor3]

The official US States Attorney press release related to the arrest and conviction of this Russian aviator:

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United States Attorney
Southern District of New York

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

CONTACT: U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
ELLEN DAVIS,
JERIKA RICHARDSON,
CARLY SULLIVAN
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
(212) 637-2600

RUSSIAN PILOT SENTENCED IN MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR CONSPIRING TO IMPORT MORE THAN $100 MILLION WORTH OF COCAINE INTO THE UNITED STATES

Second Defendant To Be Sentenced In Connection With Historic Joint Undercover Operation Between The United States And The Government of Liberia

PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that KONSTANTIN YAROSHENKO was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 20 years in prison for conspiring to import cocaine into the United States. He was found guilty in April 2011, after a three-week jury trial before U.S. District Judge JED S. RAKOFF.

YAROSHENKO's sentence is the culmination of the historic, joint undercover operation, "Operation Relentless," between the United States Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA") and the Government of Liberia.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney PREET BHARARA stated:

"Konstantin Yaroshenko agreed to play a vital role in a vast, international drug conspiracy that attempted to transform the country of Liberia into a transshipment hub for ton quantities of cocaine. But unbeknownst to his coconspirators, the same Liberian officials they attempted to bribe were working in lockstep with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration to take him and his co-conspirators down. Today's sentence is the latest manifestation of those historic efforts."

According to the trial evidence and other documents filed in the case:

YAROSHENKO, who is from Russia, was an aircraft pilot and aviation transport expert who transported thousand-kilogram quantities of cocaine throughout South America, Africa, and Europe. YAROSHENKO's co-defendant CHIGBO PETER UMEH, who is who is from Nigeria, was a broker who facilitated the shipment of multi-ton quantities of cocaine from South America to West Africa, where it would then be transported to Europe or elsewhere within Africa.

YAROSHENKO and UMEH attempted to bribe high-level officials within the Liberian Government in order to protect shipments of cocaine and to use the country as a trans-shipment point for its drug distribution operations. In particular, UMEH met with the Director and Deputy Director of the Republic of Liberia National Security Agency ("RLNSA"), whom he knew were government officials. Both of whom were working jointly with the DEA in an undercover capacity. The Director of the RLNSA is also the son of the current President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

In a number of the meetings involving the Liberian officials, YAROSHENKO and UMEH also met with a confidential source working with the DEA (the "CS"), who purported to be a business partner and confidante of the Director of the RLNSA. In seeking to ensure safe passage of the cocaine shipments, they agreed to make payments in cash and cocaine to the Liberian officials and to the CS. The CS advised YAROSHENKO and UMEH that a portion of the cocaine paid to the CS would be transported from Liberia to Ghana, from where it would be imported into New York.

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Mr. BHARARA praised the work of the Special Operations Division of DEA, the DEA Lagos Country Office, the DEA Warsaw Country Office, the DEA Bogota Country Office, the DEA Rome Country Office, the U.S. Department of Justice Office of International Affairs, and the U.S. State Department. He also thanked the U.S. Embassy in Liberia, the Republic of Liberia and its National Security Agency, and the Security Services of Ukraine for their efforts.

This prosecution is being handled by the Office's Terrorism and International Narcotics Unit. Assistant United States Attorneys CHRISTOPHER LAVIGNE, RANDALL JACKSON, MICHAEL M. ROSENSAFT, and JENNA M. DABBS are in charge of the prosecution.

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http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/September11/yaroshenkokonstantinsentencingpr.pdf

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Kidnapped?

Yeah, right, Russia.

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http://rt.com/news/russian-pilot-jailed-health-322/ Wow...US has turned into every country they criticize.

Given that the Russians are lying their asses off about his so-called 'kidnapping', methinks I'll cut our own people some slack (and credibility) concerning medical care for this Drug Dealer and Transporter Turned Whiny-Bitch Prisoner.

It's easy enough for the Feds to conjure-up a review panel that includes a Russian and a neutral or two, to review the case, and medical treatment provided to date, and proposed treatment, and to make a judgment call on whether or not this lowlife is at-risk, medically speaking, and whether he is being properly tended.

In truth, it sounds as though this little Whiner can't Do-the-Time that he earned, and is posturing and showboating as prelude to asking Uncle Vlad to receive him back into the bosom of Mother Russia again.

"...Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time... yeahhh... don't do it!..."

Note to the O.P. - next time, don't be on such a hair-trigger to condemn your own country and your own people - assuming that you are, indeed, an American. I'd also suggest at least a cursory bit of research on your topic, so that your thread doesn't come crashing down around your ears. Just a thought...

 

[Katzndogz]

He wasn't kidnapped. He is serving a sentence for smuggling cocaine.

 

[whitehall]

Kidnapped? Keroshenko was convicted in federal court of conspiracy to smuggle drugs into the US after a raid that netted about 4 tons of freaking cocaine.

 

[O.R.I.O.N]

You do realize Russia hasn't been Communist for ohhh about 25 years? Let me guess you are a republican?

did you ever try to look into russian policies before making idiotic statements?

Russia was never communist. It was a socialist country. Communism never existed.
Nowadays policies resemble more Nazism than previous socialistic state, but nevertheless it is not even close to a standard market economy and it is NOT a democratic country.

Did you ever live there? No. So you have no idea what it was. It was communist. End of the story.

He wasn't kidnapped. He is serving a sentence for smuggling cocaine.

He was kidnapped from a 3rd country...says in the article.

 

[Kondor3]

"...He was kidnapped from a 3rd country...says in the article."

He was arrested in a legitimate and cooperative law enforcement sting operation in another country, trying to move huge quantities of drugs, and he was subsequently and legally extradited to the United States with the consent of the Liberian government, to stand trial in the United States, where he was subsequently convicted and sentenced to serve a 20-year prison sentence.

Says so in the US States Attorney press release.

"Dat's the facts, Jack"

 

[O.R.I.O.N]

Yes because the US is so honest and all.