participation in the sex seminar, her treatment by thai authorities seemed to be inflected by the fact she had been the source and in someways the protagonist of this big expo that was driving the russian government crazy. she was arrested in february 2018, days after the navalny went public. the head of the security counsel arrived personally in thiailand he's also head of the russian spy service. the day he arrived, anastasiya vashukevich posted this video saying she's on her way from a defense facility to a thai prison in that video speaking russian, she begs russian journalists for help. she says quote i'm ready to give you the missing puzzle pieces, support them with video and