in a boat and were detained in Gambell … my understanding is they are in Anchorage now being dealt with by federal authorities,” Alaska’s governor, Mik Dunleavy, said. “We don’t anticipate a continual stream of individuals or a flotilla of individuals. We have no indication that’s going to happen, so this may be a one-off.”said that US Customs and Border Protection had yet to decide whether the two Russians would be allowed to stay in the US.
Sullivan said he encouraged the CBP “to have a plan ready with the Coast Guard in the event that more Russians flee to Bering Strait communities in Alaska”. His fellow Republican senator from the state, Lisa Murkowski said that a CBP plane had to fly 750 miles to reach the scene and said it “underscores the need for a stronger security posture in America’s Arctic”.
Karina Borger, a spokeswoman for Murkowski told the Associated Press “the Russian nationals reported that they fled one of the coastal communities on the east coast of Russia to avoid compulsory military service”. A spokesperson at the Russian embassy in Washington has told Russia’s Tass news agency that they are aware of the case and plan to have a phone conversation with the two men soon.
Well this is a new take on ‘boat arrivals’.
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