The Bell: The Thai Foreign Ministry asked the court to ban Nastya Rybka from communicating with the press

In Thailand, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked the court to ban Belarusian citizen Anastasia Vashukevich (Nastya Rybka) from communicating with the press, writes The Bell , citing a copy of a letter from the head of the European Department of the Thai Foreign Ministry, Cyrilak Niyom, to the Pattaya court.

According to the publication, the letter is dated March 2 and marked “very urgent.” In it, Niyom writes that in winter the Thai embassy in Washington drew the attention of the Foreign Ministry to publications in the foreign press about Rybka’s appeal to American journalists.

After the arrest, the girl published a video in which she said that she was ready to talk about the interference of Russian authorities in the American elections.

Nyom asked the court to prohibit Rybka from communicating with the press, since her words could refer to the “head of state,” her statements could be used by attackers, and possible Russian interference in the American elections is a “sensitive topic.”

Four acquaintances of Vashukevich told The Bell that she and other detainees were officially banned from speaking to journalists.

In February, Rybka, Alexander Kirillov, known as Alex Leslie, and eight other people were detained in Thailand for illegally conducting sex training. Later, the detainees were accused of organizing sexual services as part of a criminal group.

Rybka herself insisted that her criminal prosecution was connected with the investigation of politician Alexei Navalny into how businessman Oleg Deripaska, together with Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Prikhodko, held informal negotiations on a yacht in the company of escort girls.