Citizens of the Russian Federation are threatened with detention and even arrest at the request of US law enforcement agencies in third countries. This is reported in a warning posted on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. The diplomatic department stressed that the US intelligence services actually hunt for Russians around the world. Only for 2017 year. on requests from the United States abroad, more than a dozen Russian citizens were arrested, and the total number of such cases has already reached 40. The Foreign Ministry noted that the US intelligence services did not disdain and abductions of our compatriots. This happened to the pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was captured in 2010. in Liberia and in violation of the national legislation of this country and international law exported to the States, as well as with the programmer Roman Seleznev, who in July 2014. literally stole from the Maldives. The Russians, who were extradited to the US, were convinced of the bias of American "justice", recalls the Foreign Ministry..

They are trying to persuade them to admit guilt, and in case of refusal they are sentenced to huge prison terms - this happened with Yaroshenko and the Russian entrepreneur. In Mr. Bout. The diplomatic note recalled that Russia provided and will render consular and legal assistance to citizens in distress, but recommended that when planning trips abroad carefully weigh all the risks. A list of states with extradition treaties to the United States is available on the US State Department website.