“The refusal was received on the 24th evening. Moreover, the decision itself is dated on the seventh. Now two years to wait again (again to ask for the possibility of transferring citizenship to the country. - RT ), ”RIA Novosti quoted Viktoria Yaroshenko.
She said that Konstantin Yaroshenko “did not expect that there would be a refusal, because the initiative was the Ministry of Justice regarding the request.”
“We thought it was necessary. Konstantin is terribly upset as ever. Moreover, this time they waited for the moment of Butina’s deportation and they gave us this answer. It was twice as painful, ”she said.
Viktoria Yaroshenko added that her husband exacerbated arthritis.
Earlier it was reported that the United States refused to transfer the pilot to Russia.
A Russian was convicted in the United States in 2011 on charges of conspiracy to illegally transport drugs.
An American court sentenced him to 20 years in a general prison.