A former officer of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), Emran Navruzbekov, reportedly managed to briefly escape from officers escorting him at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow following his deportation earlier in June from Poland, where he defected in 2017 but was denied asylum. The Dossier Center investigative group says Navruzbekov had managed to send a phone message to them over the weekend, asking for help and saying that he had managed to escape. However, when after some time Dossier Center journalists tried to call back at the phone number Navruzbekov had used, the alleged owner of the phone, a farmer, claimed that Navruzbekov had been rearrested. No further details were immediately available. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Caucasus.Realities, click here.
Russian Ex-Security Officer Reportedly Rearrested After Escaping Following His Deportation From Poland
Emran Navruzbekov (file photo)