Escort Says Audio Recordings Show Russian Meddling in U.S. Election<br />A spokesman for Mr. Deripaska has said the allegations of bribery<br />and prostitutes on the yacht were a “hot story that appears far from being the truth.”<br />In the interview at the immigration center on Monday, Ms. Vashukevich said<br />that she had often recorded conversations between Mr. Deripaska and his associates, and that she had 16 to 18 hours of recordings, including conversations about the United States presidential election.<br />Ms. Vashukevich, who described herself as close to the Russian aluminum tycoon Oleg V. Deripaska, said<br />that audio recordings she made in August 2016 included discussions he had about the United States presidential election with people she declined to identify.<br />By RICHARD C. PADDOCKMARCH 5, 2018<br />BANGKOK — A Belarusian escort with close ties to a powerful Russian oligarch said from behind bars in Bangkok on Monday<br />that she had more than 16 hours of audio recordings that could help shed light on Russian meddling in United States elections.<br />Ms. Vashukevich and Alexander Kirillov, the organizer of the sex seminar, spoke to three reporters while standing behind bars<br />and a mesh screen during visiting hours at the Immigration Detention Center in Bangkok.<br />Some strange things can happen.”<br />Her assertion could be easy to disregard were it not for a 25-minute video investigation posted last month on YouTube by<br />the Russian opposition figure Aleksei A. Navalny, which relies heavily on videos and photographs from Ms. Vashukevich.
