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2008-04-21 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

U.S. Pastor Given More Than 3 Years in Prison for Bringing Rifle Shells Into Russia

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Posted by anonymous5089 2008-04-21 13:34|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Apparently Russia is in the munitians export business only.

Something about this leads me to think he's a pawn so the Russians can look magnanimous by releasing him at some point in the near future.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-04-21 14:23|| 2008-04-21 14:23|| Front Page Top

#2 ...Pastor Miles is from Conway, just a few miles up the road from me. There is absolute mystification as to why the Russians are being so hard on him, and there's some speculation that he may have pis$ed off a mobster somehow.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2008-04-21 15:24|| 2008-04-21 15:24|| Front Page Top

#3 he did not bother to check if Russian laws differed from U.S. laws

That bit seem curious and rather naive. A quick google says you can bring guns and ammo into the US for hunting but I bet the penalty for not declaring (aka smuggling) is severe.

Posted by SteveS 2008-04-21 16:56|| 2008-04-21 16:56|| Front Page Top

#4 So-o-o-o I'm guessing it wasn't for the ALASKA INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT = First, Second, and Third? NORTH AMERICAN SECESSIONIST CONVENTION, ala PRAVDA???

"WRONG WAY" CORRIGAN = "MILES AWAY/KURILES" MILES???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-04-21 18:48|| 2008-04-21 18:48|| Front Page Top

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