The UAE remains a safe destination for tourists from Russia because it does not have a mutual criminal assistance agreement with the United States.
Dubai, UAE. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has again issued a warning to Russian citizens traveling abroad in connection with the threat of being detained or arrested at the request of US law enforcement agencies and special services in third countries.
A complete list of 111 countries that have Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Agreements with the United States is available on the U.S. Department of State website: //www.state.gov/documents/organization/71600.pdf. It should be noted that the United Arab Emirates is not in this list, which makes the country even more attractive and safe for tourists from Russia - in addition to the facilitated visa regime introduced on February 1.
“In line with the warnings issued to Russian citizens on September 2, 2013, April 10, 2014, May 22, 2015 and April 11, 2016, we reaffirm that there is a real threat of being detained or arrested at the request of law enforcement agencies and special services The United States remains in third countries, "the agency’s website says.
Despite repeated calls by the Russian Foreign Ministry to establish Russian-American cooperation between the competent authorities on the basis of the bilateral Treaty on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (from 1999), cases of unacceptable practice of “hunting” for Russians around the world are still being recorded. The number of incidents of this kind exceeded three dozen. In 2016, four Russian citizens were extradited to the United States: M.V. Senah, A.E. Sergeev and M.V. Serov from Finland and M.E. Vartanyan from Norway. Recent examples include the recent arrest of S.V. Lisova in Spain.
There were real abductions of Russian citizens. This happened to K.V. Yaroshenko, who was captured in 2010 in Liberia and secretly, in violation of the national legislation of this country and international law, was exported to the United States, as well as R.V. Seleznev, whom American agents literally stole from the Maldives in July 2014 and were forcibly transported first to Guam and then to Seattle, where they continue to be detained.
After the arrest and extradition, the Russians faced a biased attitude from the American "justice", explain to the Russian Foreign Ministry. They tried in every possible way, including direct threats, to plead guilty, despite the far-fetchedness of many charges, and in the event of refusal of such a confession, they sentenced to huge prison terms, as happened with the aforementioned K.V. Yaroshenko and Russian businessman V.A. Bout.
“Foreign missions of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs have always provided and will continue to provide comprehensive assistance and legal assistance to Russians who are in trouble, seeking unconditional respect for their legal rights and interests, as well as speedy return to their homeland. However, given these circumstances, we strongly recommend that Russian citizens carefully plan their trips abroad to weigh all the risks, especially if there is reason to believe that there are claims to them on the part of US law enforcement agencies. tsya to emigrate to countries with a US extradition treaties (the list of such States is available on the website of the State Department), "specified in the Russian diplomatic service.
