Moscow says US treatment of Russian pilot Yaroshenko unacceptable

Russia August 07, 2014, 19:08

In September 2011, a US court sentenced Yaroshenko to 20 years in prison for having been allegedly involved in a criminal ring

MOSCOW, August 07. /ITAR-TASS/. Moscow says US treatment of Russian pilot Yaroshenko, who has been denied medical care, unacceptable.

In September 2011, a US court sentenced Yaroshenko to 20 years in prison for having been allegedly involved in a criminal ring organised for smuggling a large shipment of cocaine. He was detained by the U.S. authorities in Liberia and then taken to the United States. Moscow believes that these charges are doubtful.

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