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Relatives of Russia pilot Yaroshenko hire lawyer.
NEW YORK, July 27 (Itar-Tass) - Relative of the Russian pilot
Konstantin Yaroshenko who was detained in Liberia and taken to the United States on suspicion of international drug trafficking are currently settling "technical issues" with hiring a lawyer who will represent his interest in court, an official of the RF Consulate General in New York told Itar-Tass on Monday.
According to him, the candidature of the lawyer has been selected and
he is ready for work, however, several days are needed to settle legal
formalities - payment for the lawyer's work. Yaroshenko's relatives are
ready to pay the demanded sum. According to the diplomat, some time is
needed now for the relatives to study the contract and prepare the
transfer of the needed funds.
The lawyer who was assigned free of charge to defend Yaroshenko,
according to American legislation, if factually not working and formally
treats the case, the diplomat noted. According to the relatives, the pilot
said that the lawyer has taken a vacation, although very little time is
left before the trial starts, the diplomat added. The trial of Yaroshenko
in the Manhattan district court is scheduled to begin on August 12.
The official of the Consulate General said that the latest consular
meeting with Yaroshenko was held on July 19. The Russian diplomatic
mission's officials have had no other face-to-face contacts with the pilot
so far, as they were not needed. The detained pilot asked during the past
weekend to transfer money to him for the payment for telephone
communication services, which was done, the diplomat said.
Since early June, Yaroshenko, 42, is kept in an investigation prison
in New York. Together with several other detained he is suspected of
involvement in the organisation of an international cocaine smuggling
scheme from South America.
The investigation claims Yaroshenko was involved in a conspiracy made
by cocaine smugglers in Colombia and Venezuela. In the beginning of March
Yaroshenko met a member of an international group of drug smugglers and
allegedly agreed to provide a plane and a plane crew for the
transportation of a batch of cocaine from South Africa to Liberia. The US
investigation claims that the aim of the drug dealers was to transport
part of the batch to Ghana and then traffic it to the United States by a
direct flight.
Shortly after Yaroshenko was brought to the United States the Russian
embassy lodged a note with the US State Department, and the Russian
Consulate General in New York forwarded a similar note to the
administration of the New York detention centre in which the Russian
diplomats accused the US side of violating the Vienna Convention on
Consular Relations and a bilateral Consular agreement because the Russian
side had not been informed about a Russian citizen's arrest.
Afterwards, US State Department spokesman Philip Crowley admitted that
t he US violated the norms of the international law. Crowley explained the
notification had been sent to the wrong embassy because a wrong button on
a fax machine was used. It was a mistake for which the US offered its
apology, Crowley said.
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.Japan, Russia ships begin rescue exercise at sea.
VLADIVOSTOK, July 27 (Itar-Tass) - Manoeuvres of Russian and Japanese
warships were launched in the Sea of Japan (East Sea) near Vladivostok on
Tuesday to drill the search and rescue of a vessel in distress. The Hiei
destroyer and Jintsu frigate were engaged from the Japanese side, and from
the Russian side - the Admiral Tributs and the Admiral Panteleyev large
antisubmarine warfare ships of the Pacific Fleet.
The exercise ends the visit of a squadron of Japanese and American
ships that took part in events to celebrate Russian Navy Day. The American
frigate USS Vandergrift and minesweeper USS Patriot after the official
seeing off ceremony on Tuesday settled on their course to their base on
the Hawaii Islands. The Japanese ships will depart home after the
manoeuvres on Tuesday evening.
The US and Japanese navy men were guests of the main base of the
Russian Pacific Fleet from July 23. The Pacific Fleet's press service
reported that the visit of the American and Japanese ships to Vladivostok
was held within the framework of military cooperation with the Fleet and
was aimed at building up confidence and stability in the Asia-Pacific
Region.
During their stay in Vladivostok the US and Japanese warships took
part in a naval parade on the occasion of Russian Navy Day, the official
delegations of the ships laid wreaths at the Pacific Fleet's Military
Glory memorial and paid visits to the Vladivostok administration head and
the Pacific Fleet Command.
Crewmembers of the American and Japanese ships had official and
unofficial meetings communicating with their colleagues from the Russian
Pacific Fleet, played football and basketball matches with them and also
saw the sights of the capital of the Primorsky Territory.
The Pacific Fleet is part of the Russian Navy stationed in the Pacific
Ocean, which formerly secured the Far Eastern borders of the Soviet Union.
The fleet headquarters is located at Vladivostok and a number of fleet
bases are located in the Vladivostok area. Another important fleet basing
area is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Avacha Bay on the Kamchatka Peninsula
with a major submarine base at Vilyuchinsk. In the Soviet years, the
Pacific Fleet was also responsible for the administration and operational
direction of the Soviet Navy's Indian Ocean (8th) Squadron and Soviet
naval bases hosted by nations in the Indian Ocean rim, such as the
facilities at Aden.
It has been suggested that the naval servicemen of the Pacific Fleet
could be cut by up to 5,000 men by 2012-13 in order to make it more
focused on expeditionary missions. Efforts are also being made to
modernize the main base of the Pacific Fleet's strategic nuclear forces at
Vilyuchinsk in Kamchatka.
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Konstantin Yaroshenko who was detained in Liberia and taken to the United States on suspicion of international drug trafficking are currently settling "technical issues" with hiring a lawyer who will represent his interest in court, an official of the RF Consulate General in New York told Itar-Tass on Monday.
According to him, the candidature of the lawyer has been selected and
he is ready for work, however, several days are needed to settle legal
formalities - payment for the lawyer's work. Yaroshenko's relatives are
ready to pay the demanded sum. According to the diplomat, some time is
needed now for the relatives to study the contract and prepare the
transfer of the needed funds.
The lawyer who was assigned free of charge to defend Yaroshenko,
according to American legislation, if factually not working and formally
treats the case, the diplomat noted. According to the relatives, the pilot
said that the lawyer has taken a vacation, although very little time is
left before the trial starts, the diplomat added. The trial of Yaroshenko
in the Manhattan district court is scheduled to begin on August 12.
The official of the Consulate General said that the latest consular
meeting with Yaroshenko was held on July 19. The Russian diplomatic
mission's officials have had no other face-to-face contacts with the pilot
so far, as they were not needed. The detained pilot asked during the past
weekend to transfer money to him for the payment for telephone
communication services, which was done, the diplomat said.
Since early June, Yaroshenko, 42, is kept in an investigation prison
in New York. Together with several other detained he is suspected of
involvement in the organisation of an international cocaine smuggling
scheme from South America.
The investigation claims Yaroshenko was involved in a conspiracy made
by cocaine smugglers in Colombia and Venezuela. In the beginning of March
Yaroshenko met a member of an international group of drug smugglers and
allegedly agreed to provide a plane and a plane crew for the
transportation of a batch of cocaine from South Africa to Liberia. The US
investigation claims that the aim of the drug dealers was to transport
part of the batch to Ghana and then traffic it to the United States by a
direct flight.
Shortly after Yaroshenko was brought to the United States the Russian
embassy lodged a note with the US State Department, and the Russian
Consulate General in New York forwarded a similar note to the
administration of the New York detention centre in which the Russian
diplomats accused the US side of violating the Vienna Convention on
Consular Relations and a bilateral Consular agreement because the Russian
side had not been informed about a Russian citizen's arrest.
Afterwards, US State Department spokesman Philip Crowley admitted that
t he US violated the norms of the international law. Crowley explained the
notification had been sent to the wrong embassy because a wrong button on
a fax machine was used. It was a mistake for which the US offered its
apology, Crowley said.
-0-
.Japan, Russia ships begin rescue exercise at sea.
VLADIVOSTOK, July 27 (Itar-Tass) - Manoeuvres of Russian and Japanese
warships were launched in the Sea of Japan (East Sea) near Vladivostok on
Tuesday to drill the search and rescue of a vessel in distress. The Hiei
destroyer and Jintsu frigate were engaged from the Japanese side, and from
the Russian side - the Admiral Tributs and the Admiral Panteleyev large
antisubmarine warfare ships of the Pacific Fleet.
The exercise ends the visit of a squadron of Japanese and American
ships that took part in events to celebrate Russian Navy Day. The American
frigate USS Vandergrift and minesweeper USS Patriot after the official
seeing off ceremony on Tuesday settled on their course to their base on
the Hawaii Islands. The Japanese ships will depart home after the
manoeuvres on Tuesday evening.
The US and Japanese navy men were guests of the main base of the
Russian Pacific Fleet from July 23. The Pacific Fleet's press service
reported that the visit of the American and Japanese ships to Vladivostok
was held within the framework of military cooperation with the Fleet and
was aimed at building up confidence and stability in the Asia-Pacific
Region.
During their stay in Vladivostok the US and Japanese warships took
part in a naval parade on the occasion of Russian Navy Day, the official
delegations of the ships laid wreaths at the Pacific Fleet's Military
Glory memorial and paid visits to the Vladivostok administration head and
the Pacific Fleet Command.
Crewmembers of the American and Japanese ships had official and
unofficial meetings communicating with their colleagues from the Russian
Pacific Fleet, played football and basketball matches with them and also
saw the sights of the capital of the Primorsky Territory.
The Pacific Fleet is part of the Russian Navy stationed in the Pacific
Ocean, which formerly secured the Far Eastern borders of the Soviet Union.
The fleet headquarters is located at Vladivostok and a number of fleet
bases are located in the Vladivostok area. Another important fleet basing
area is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Avacha Bay on the Kamchatka Peninsula
with a major submarine base at Vilyuchinsk. In the Soviet years, the
Pacific Fleet was also responsible for the administration and operational
direction of the Soviet Navy's Indian Ocean (8th) Squadron and Soviet
naval bases hosted by nations in the Indian Ocean rim, such as the
facilities at Aden.
It has been suggested that the naval servicemen of the Pacific Fleet
could be cut by up to 5,000 men by 2012-13 in order to make it more
focused on expeditionary missions. Efforts are also being made to
modernize the main base of the Pacific Fleet's strategic nuclear forces at
Vilyuchinsk in Kamchatka.
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