I don’t know what she is biased about. Seems to me that she was just trying to make a buck and the kickback of Russia invading Ukraine ran over her. Wrong place. Wrong time.
Yea, no…If you’re going to cross into another country, make sure you respect the laws of said country. Next time she’ll hopefully leave her drugs at home.
When you say “leave her drugs at home” and “she thought she was above the law”, you make it sound like she audaciously took a bag of weed with her. What she actually took was
cartridges containing less than a gram of medically prescribed hash oil
that she didn’t consider would be a problem. There is a difference, even if you’re unable to recognize that.
It should be common knowledge that you can’t just bring prescribed medication into a foreign country. There is even plenty of OTC medication you can’t bring into some countries.
Heck, in many places you can’t even bring fruits, meat, or dairy. Not doing your due diligence before traveling is on the person traveling.
I don’t think she deserves to be in prison for that and I would assume if relations with Russia at the time were better she would have just been denied entry/fined.
But breaking the law is still entirely on her and returning such a high profile prisoner in exchange for her mistake stings.
Defense? I didn’t realize I needed a defense. But if I do, mine would that Russias aw’s laws are whatever they want to make them at any given time. Even the Russians know this.
Wasn’t worth it.
I’m sure she would disagree, as would you if you were in a Russian prison.
I wouldn’t go near Russia. But she is a tad bit biased.
I don’t know what she is biased about. Seems to me that she was just trying to make a buck and the kickback of Russia invading Ukraine ran over her. Wrong place. Wrong time.
Yea, no…If you’re going to cross into another country, make sure you respect the laws of said country. Next time she’ll hopefully leave her drugs at home.
The laws in Russia are very much determined on what Russia’s anxiety is at the time. Don’t play the lawful card.
Really? That’s your defense for breaking the law…“Don’t worry about the law”?
Don’t go to Asia if that’s your attitude. They make Russia look like a vacation resort.
When you say “leave her drugs at home” and “she thought she was above the law”, you make it sound like she audaciously took a bag of weed with her. What she actually took was
that she didn’t consider would be a problem. There is a difference, even if you’re unable to recognize that.
It should be common knowledge that you can’t just bring prescribed medication into a foreign country. There is even plenty of OTC medication you can’t bring into some countries.
Heck, in many places you can’t even bring fruits, meat, or dairy. Not doing your due diligence before traveling is on the person traveling.
I don’t think she deserves to be in prison for that and I would assume if relations with Russia at the time were better she would have just been denied entry/fined.
But breaking the law is still entirely on her and returning such a high profile prisoner in exchange for her mistake stings.
She also disregarded a state department directive that Russia is a dangerous country to go to for Americans.
So, not only was she above the law, she felt she was above the US government’s intelligence department as well.
She’s put national security at risk and we all fucking paid for Biden making an appeal to black voters.
Defense? I didn’t realize I needed a defense. But if I do, mine would that Russias aw’s laws are whatever they want to make them at any given time. Even the Russians know this.
Not bringing illegal drugs to another country seems like a very low bar to clear tbh
Seems to me like she thought she was above the law because she was semi-popular.
This poor guy doesn’t get the same special treatment because he isn’t sort of somewhat a little bit famous.
This guy’s real problems are…
A. Hes up on espionage charges
B. The US is still supplying weapons to Ukraine
C. The US has no high value prisoners that Russia wants
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Then they’d be wrong. It objectively isn’t worth it.