Russian man charged with smuggling nine kilos of cocaine into the Philippines (yes, where Duterte is) wins acquittal after three years in jail
A Philippine court has acquitted Russian citizen Yuriy Kirdyushkin , who faced charges of carrying almost 10 kilograms of contraband cocaine into the country. Kirdyushkin’s attorney, Alexander Boikov, told the independent Russian television station Dozhd about the ruling. Kirdyushkin’s father, Sergey Kirdyushkin, confirmed that his son had been acquitted. Yuriy Kirdyushkin was detained in October of 2016, the Russian embassy in the Philippines told the newspaper Izvestia.