"The Russian Foreign Ministry and the Russian embassy in Thailand also did not respond to requests for comment, but Russia's consul general in Phuket, Yegor Ivanov, told Russian state news agency Tass that the consulate had "received notification of the arrest of a Russian citizen on charges of committing an information technology crime." "He was arrested on November 6 and transferred to Bangkok that same day," Ivanov said, without providing further details."
"Ilya Ilyin, head of the consular section of the Russian embassy in Thailand, told Tass on Monday that Russian diplomats had visited the suspect in prison in Bangkok. "Embassy staff conducted a consular visit to the Russian citizen detained at the request of the United States," Ilyin said, adding that the embassy was arranging for him to be able to meet with his relatives."
Thai police arrested a 35-year-old Russian national in Phuket after he entered Thailand on Oct. 30 and detained him pending possible extradition. The suspect was taken into custody at his hotel following an international warrant and was transferred to Bangkok on Nov. 6. Russian state media identified him as Denis Obrezko and reported relatives would fight extradition. U.S. Department of Justice and American officials in Thailand declined to comment. Russian consular officials confirmed they received notification of the arrest, visited the detainee in Bangkok, and are arranging family access. Thailand's Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau said an FBI tip led to the arrest.
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