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Were there not enough vacation destinations in Russia or something? I don't get why you would willingly travel internationally if the US wants you and your hom

Were there not enough vacation destinations in Russia or something? I don't get why you would willingly travel internationally if the US wants you and your home country doesn't care.

anbop 8y ago
You can’t do a tropical beach vacation in Russia. But you’re right that if he thought he’d spend 27 years in jail he would probably have forewent it.
- nkrisc 8y ago
  > You can’t do a tropical beach vacation in Russia A small price to pay for the freedom to operate an international criminal business with impunity.
- hackermailman 8y ago
  Russia helpfully keeps annexing beach front territory like Crimea and Abkhazia so future bond villains have more vacation options.
plouffy 8y ago
As the article notes: > Seleznev likely suspected an atoll in the Maldives, a tropical South Asia nation that does not have an extradition treaty with the U.S and > Before he traveled, Seleznev used to search the PACER database for his own name and nicknames, to see if there were any arrests warrants.
baybal2 8y ago
Few years ago Russia introduced a bill allowing officials and people with "special needs" (people under foreign sanctions) to get "legal fake passports" — apparently just for cases like that. I haven't been to Russia much since I left in 2006, but even back then there was some kind of contention in between Kremlin's desire to crack down on fake passports as part of attack on dissidents, and the boheme wanting to access fake or blue/diplomatic passports (and accompanying immunity.)
baybal2 8y ago
International flight booking records are bordering on being a public record. Remember that when you fly around. SITA and GDS providers are giving away flight data left and right — this is one of ways how US gets hold of people traveling to Cuba despite them flying through 3rd countries, and China books Uighurs who fly to Saudi Arabia or Turkey For when some non-US national overflies US, or files a pre-flight form to US, many don't know that such forms are purely symbolic, US government already had hand on this data the moment the ticket was booked.
- Scoundreller 8y ago
  > International flight booking records are bordering on being a public record. Remember that when you fly around Also remember that when someone with your last name, first initial and DOB flies around.
jlg23 8y ago
The article clearly states that his home country did care, albeit only through family connections to the top.

Were there not enough vacation destinations in Russia or something? I don't get why you would willingly travel internationally if the US wants you and your home country doesn't care.

anbop 8y ago

You can’t do a tropical beach vacation in Russia. But you’re right that if he thought he’d spend 27 years in jail he would probably have forewent it.

nkrisc 8y ago
> You can’t do a tropical beach vacation in Russia A small price to pay for the freedom to operate an international criminal business with impunity.
hackermailman 8y ago
Russia helpfully keeps annexing beach front territory like Crimea and Abkhazia so future bond villains have more vacation options.

plouffy 8y ago

As the article notes: > Seleznev likely suspected an atoll in the Maldives, a tropical South Asia nation that does not have an extradition treaty with the U.S and > Before he traveled, Seleznev used to search the PACER database for his own name and nicknames, to see if there were any arrests warrants.

baybal2 8y ago

Few years ago Russia introduced a bill allowing officials and people with "special needs" (people under foreign sanctions) to get "legal fake passports" — apparently just for cases like that. I haven't been to Russia much since I left in 2006, but even back then there was some kind of contention in between Kremlin's desire to crack down on fake passports as part of attack on dissidents, and the boheme wanting to access fake or blue/diplomatic passports (and accompanying immunity.)

baybal2 8y ago

International flight booking records are bordering on being a public record. Remember that when you fly around. SITA and GDS providers are giving away flight data left and right — this is one of ways how US gets hold of people traveling to Cuba despite them flying through 3rd countries, and China books Uighurs who fly to Saudi Arabia or Turkey For when some non-US national overflies US, or files a pre-flight form to US, many don't know that such forms are purely symbolic, US government already had hand on this data the moment the ticket was booked.

Scoundreller 8y ago
> International flight booking records are bordering on being a public record. Remember that when you fly around Also remember that when someone with your last name, first initial and DOB flies around.

jlg23 8y ago

The article clearly states that his home country did care, albeit only through family connections to the top.