Checking out wassup with the whole Nastya & buddy thing from Pattaya Thailand, filed April 2 @ NYTimes.com:

From Thai Jail, Sex Coaches Say They Want to Trade U.S.-Russia Secrets for Safety

Reporter Richard Paddock found out some stuff like

.....The work permit charge is relatively minor, and Mr. Kirillov had been conducting training sessions in Pattaya for years. But high-level officials appeared to take an unusual interest in this case: Six police generals and two colonels had responsibility for the raid, according to the arrest report.

Since the arrests, the government has tried to keep a tight lid on information. Friends said they had not been allowed to visit Ms. Vashukevich and Mr. Kirillov for weeks.

A law enforcement official said the F.B.I. tried to speak with the two but was not successful.

A Thai police spokesman, Lt. Col. Krissana Pattanacharoen, would not comment on whether Russia was behind the arrests, but he said it was not unusual for the police to use foreign operatives....

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