Akif Ibragimov, an American, was detained at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport for trying to smuggle more than $100,000 into Russia. Baza reports.
“Customs officers stopped 71-year-old Akif Ibragimov in Vnukovo on August 2 while passing through the green corridor. He had more than 100,000 dollars with him, which he did not declare, ”the message on the Baza telegram channel says.
Akif Ibragimov is a chief researcher at the Institute of Oil and Gas Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He also works at Texas Tech University. The police will have to find out where a pensioner from Russia has so much currency. He also faces a fine of half to double the undeclared amount.
Earlier, ex-UMMC basketball player Brittney Griner was detained at Sheremetyevo Airport. She tried to smuggle in cartridges of hash oil banned in Russia. Court appointed she is nine years in prison. However, the athlete was released from the colony and exchanged for the accused in the arms trade of Viktor Bout, who is serving a sentence in the United States.
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2023-08-17 18:46:00
