Jailed Instagram model wants to trade secrets for freedom
By TODD PITMAN and NATALIYA VASILYEVA, Associated Press
Published: February 28, 2018, 2:08pm
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Anastasia Vashukevich sits in a police transport vehicle outside a detention center in Pattaya, south of Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, after being arrested Sunday in the Thai resort city of Pattaya. Vashukevich told The Associated Press from a police van Wednesday that she fears for her life, and wants to exchange information on alleged Russian ties to U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign for her own personal safety. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
PATTAYA, Thailand — A Belarusian woman jailed in Thailand for offering sex lessons without a work permit says she has a story to tell involving the Kremlin, Russian billionaires and even the president of the United States.
Anastasia Vashukevich, whose extraordinary claims and racy selfies have propelled her to internet fame in recent weeks, told The Associated Press from a police van Wednesday that she fears for her life, and wants to exchange information on alleged Russian ties to Donald Trump’s campaign for her own personal safety.
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