PATTAYA (THAILAND): A Belarusian model who sensationally claimed she hadproof of Russian efforts to help Donald Trump win office appeared in courtTuesday for the expected start of her trial over running a “sex trainingcourse” in Thailand.
Anastasia Vashukevich, known by her pen name Nastya Rybka, has been held incustody since a police raid in the sleazy seaside resort of Pattaya lastFebruary.
Vashukevich looked sombre as she arrived at the court alongside her sevenco-defendants, who are on trial for multiple charges including solicitingsex.
[image: Anastasia Vashukevich has been detained in Thailand since Februarywhen police raided a risque “sex training” seminar in the seaside resortcity of Pattaya. PHOTO: AFP]
Anastasia Vashukevich has been detained in Thailand since February whenpolice raided a risque “sex training” seminar in the seaside resort city ofPattaya. PHOTO: AFP
She had travelled to Thailand after becoming embroiled in a politicalscandal with Russian aluminium tycoon Oleg Deripaska, a one-time associateof US President Trump’s disgraced former campaign director Paul Manafort.
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In a peculiar tale she set off a scramble for details after promising toreveal “missing puzzle pieces” on claims the Kremlin aided Trump’s 2016election victory.
No material has been released to substantiate her claims, which criticshave dismissed as a publicity stunt.
Police alleged the risque seminar, led by self-styled Russian seductionguru Alex Kirillov, was effectively breaching Thai decency laws. -APP/AFP
