A Belarusian model who claimed to have evidence of Russia's involvement in supporting Donald Trump during the US election has been arrested at Moscow airport on Thursday.
Anastasia Vashukević and several of her colleagues were arrested in Russia after being deported from Thailand, the Daily Mail reported. The police face the group on charges of "prostitution," a crime punishable by up to six years' imprisonment.
The 21-year-old was previously jailed in Thailand last year for the same charge, the source said.
Witnesses at the airport revealed that Anastasia and her comrades were screaming and asking to know why they had been detained and detained.
Vashukević claims to have evidence, a sound recording, of a Russian billionaire believed to have links to the Trump campaign.
She was the "former mistress" of Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, who has strong ties within the Kremlin.
Russia may have ordered Thailand to arrest her with her colleagues and deport them to Russia to "preserve the secrets of corruption within the Russian government," she said.
According to the British newspaper, among the aides of Deripaska, Paul Manavort, a former adviser to the Donald Trump campaign, and Yevgeny Brigozin, who worked for Russian President Vladimir Putin, along with one of the 13 people charged with interfering in the US elections.
The US jury earlier convicted Manavort of fraud, lies and tax evasion in the midst of an inquiry by special investigator Robert Mueller about Russia's interference in the presidential election and the possible collusion between Trump and Moscow.
