that all happened back in february and early march. just under a year ago. and i don t know what, if anything, the u.s. government ever did to try to help her or respond to her or not, but nine months plus went by while she and her co-defendants sat in that thai prison. and as we have reported, last week, tuesday of last week, surprise move by a judge in thailand resulted in her and her co-defendants being released. upon learning they were quickly going to be released and then deported, a friend of her told the washington post that she quote was hoping to be deported somewhere other than russia. that did not work. her relatives told the bell, which is an independent news source in russia that the russian console in thailand assured her and her family back in russia that anastasiya would