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FM promises consular, legal support to Russian pilot convicted in US
MOSCOW, April 30 (Itar-Tass) -- The Russian Foreign Ministry will
continue to provide the necessary consular and legal assistance to Russian
air pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, convicted in the United States of drug
trafficking, the Foreign Ministry's spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said
on Friday.
Moscow, "took note of the jury's verdict in a court in New York to
declare Russian citizen Yaroshenko guilty of attempting to smuggle a large
shipment of drugs to the United States."
"The final sentence will be pronounced in two or three months' time,"
Lukashevich said. "Meanwhile, the accusation itself and the methods that
were used by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and other U.S.
law enforcement officials have raised serious questions."
"We have repeatedly and at different levels addressed the U.S. side
with messages about the unacceptable and illegitimate nature of the arrest
of a Russian citizen in a third country, Liberia, by DEA agents, who then
took him, but in essence, delivered by force, to U.S. territory," said the
diplomat. He recalled that "the Russian embassy in the United States was
not properly and timely informed about this."
"We also regard as impermissible the psychological and physical
pressure that was put on Yaroshenko after the arrest," he added.
As any Russian citizen who is in a difficult situation abroad, the
Foreign Ministry of Russia "will continue to provide the necessary
consular and legal assistance to Konstantin Yaroshenko, seeking to ensure
the full observance of his civil and human rights."
Convicted on April 28 in U.S. for drug trafficking, Russian air pilot
Konstantin Yaroshenko is faced with a prison term of ten years to life,
said the attorney for the Southern Federal District of Manhattan Preet
Bharara. Yaroshenko, 42, was convicted by a jury of participating in a
conspiracy to transport large quantities of drugs, some of which were
intended for sale in the United States. The verdict was passed by a
unanimous decision of a twelve-member jury.
continue to provide the necessary consular and legal assistance to Russian
air pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, convicted in the United States of drug
trafficking, the Foreign Ministry's spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said
on Friday.
Moscow, "took note of the jury's verdict in a court in New York to
declare Russian citizen Yaroshenko guilty of attempting to smuggle a large
shipment of drugs to the United States."
"The final sentence will be pronounced in two or three months' time,"
Lukashevich said. "Meanwhile, the accusation itself and the methods that
were used by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and other U.S.
law enforcement officials have raised serious questions."
"We have repeatedly and at different levels addressed the U.S. side
with messages about the unacceptable and illegitimate nature of the arrest
of a Russian citizen in a third country, Liberia, by DEA agents, who then
took him, but in essence, delivered by force, to U.S. territory," said the
diplomat. He recalled that "the Russian embassy in the United States was
not properly and timely informed about this."
"We also regard as impermissible the psychological and physical
pressure that was put on Yaroshenko after the arrest," he added.
As any Russian citizen who is in a difficult situation abroad, the
Foreign Ministry of Russia "will continue to provide the necessary
consular and legal assistance to Konstantin Yaroshenko, seeking to ensure
the full observance of his civil and human rights."
Convicted on April 28 in U.S. for drug trafficking, Russian air pilot
Konstantin Yaroshenko is faced with a prison term of ten years to life,
said the attorney for the Southern Federal District of Manhattan Preet
Bharara. Yaroshenko, 42, was convicted by a jury of participating in a
conspiracy to transport large quantities of drugs, some of which were
intended for sale in the United States. The verdict was passed by a
unanimous decision of a twelve-member jury.
