Two Russians Detained In Alaska Escaped Not From Mobilization By Russian Military

Two Russians detained by US law enforcement in Alaska have crossed the border with the United States to escape punishment for a number of illegal actions in Russia but not to avoid the partial mobilization, a source familiar with the matter told Sputnik on Friday.

Earlier this week, US law enforcement detained two Russian citizens who sailed to St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea between Russia and Alaska in search of asylum in the United States. US Senators from Alaska Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski said that the duo was possibly trying to avoid the partial mobilization by the Russian military.

  The Russian Embassy in Washington is aware of the detention of two Russians by the authorities of the US state of Alaska, the diplomats are going to have a telephone conversation with the detainees and provide the necessary assistance, Nadezhda Shumova, head of the consular department of the Russian embassy in Washington, told TASS on Thursday.

"The embassy is aware of the situation with the detained Russian citizens in the state of Alaska. Today we received a notification about this from the Anchorage branch of the US Customs and Border Guard Service," she noted.