IS SOMEONE TRYING TO DESTROY RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND USA?

A few weeks ago shortly after the Hamburger summit the USA announced the discovery of a network of Russian spies. The members of that spy ring were swapped for four spies Russia had convicted of espionage.

Now a Russian civilian pilot has been arrested and taken to the USA on charges of cocaine smuggling. The arrest could be described as a kidnap or rendition because the USA did not inform Russia of the arrest. The Russian pilot denies all allegations.

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From http://rt.com/Politics/2010-07-20/scandal-kidnapped-drug-pilot.html

US “kidnaps” Russian pilot over alleged drug trafficking

Published 20 July, 2010, 10:40

Edited 20 July, 2010, 19:58

The Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry has sent an official note of protest to the US State Department after American agents detained a Russian citizen in Liberia and secretly transported him to the United States.

The Russian pilot, Konstantin Yaroshenko, is suspected in the US of attempting to bribe Liberian officials and smuggle cocaine. On May 28, the 41-year-old was detained by American Special Forces in a hotel in the Liberian capital of Monrovia and later transferred to the US where he is currently kept in a prison in Manhattan, New York.

The Russian Foreign Ministry “pointed out that it was unacceptable that the Russian side had not received proper notification on the arrest of our fellow citizen as is prescribed by the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and the bilateral consular convention,” said the Russian Consul General in New York, Andrey Yushmanov, cites Interfax agency.