The mother of a Russian woman held in Myanmar did not know about her abduction

The mother of a 21-year-old Russian woman who was held in a fraudulent call center in Myanmar said she only learned about her abduction from the news. She told Izvestia about this on February 4.

"We contacted her every day, but I had no information that she had been abducted there," the woman explained.

In addition, the girl's mother noted that she hid the details of her life from her and said that she was always doing well.

On the same day, it became known that the released girl was regularly beaten and starved. It was noted that the 21-year-old girl and her family had loans and debts, for which she was looking for a job. She spent about three months in the fraudulent call center.

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The day before, the Russian Embassy announced the release of the girl. According to the diplomatic mission, she was rescued by the joint efforts of diplomats, Thai and Myanmar police. They added that the released Russian woman was forcibly transported to Myanmar and involved in illegal activities in an illegal call center.

Prior to that, the Russian Embassy reported that three Russians had been abducted in Myanmar, presumably for forced labor in fraudulent call centers.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, in turn, said that diplomats are doing everything possible and necessary to return the abducted Russians from Myanmar. According to her, Russian diplomats have already managed, in cooperation with Myanmar's law enforcement agencies, to rescue one Russian citizen from such a center and return home.

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