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Still_Blueberry5544 t1_je9yn5m wrote

Reply to comment by hoosakiwi in U.S. journalist detained in Russia on espionage charges by tomorrow509

That’s why the US has told every American to gtfo.

Idc who you are with or how much money you have. You’re not protected if you’re an American there, you’re a target.

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apocolipse t1_jeaam58 wrote

Well.... There's 2 exceptions... Steven Seagal and Snowden...
But only because Russia knows we absolutely wont negotiate for Seagal, they can keep him... and we'd just arrest Snowden, so we're not exactly going out of our way to get him back.
Those 2 people who are technically still Americans are pretty safe in Russia from diplomatic/political based retaliatory prosecutions... Literally any other person even those holding US and Russia passports are vulnerable.

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Beagle_Knight t1_jee4kgf wrote

Russia: so you are going to give us any prisoner we want?

US: yup, only one condition.

Russia: and that is…?

US: you keep Seagal.

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