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Russian Pilot Yaroshenko's Wife Reveals US Wiretaps All Their Conversations

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All phone conversations of Konstantin Yaroshenko, a Russian pilot jailed in the United States, with his family are wiretapped by the US authorities, the pilot’s wife Victoria Yaroshenko told Sputnik in an interview on Monday.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) In early August, Russian media reported, citing the Kremlin's response to Yaroshenko's mother request, that Moscow was ready to exchange Russian nationals Konstantin Yaroshenko and Viktor Bout for US prisoners detained in Russia. On August 9, Russian Foreign Ministry Human Rights Ombudsman Konstantin Dolgov said the United States lacked the political will to do it.

"Konstantin is given 300 minutes a month, every day he is allowed to spend a maximum of 15 minutes. There are all sorts of obstacles [in correspondence], because the phones are always tapped," Victoria said.

The pilot's wife also reminded she had not seen her husband for five years and had no possibility to travel from Russia to the United States.

"My last personal meeting with Konstantin was in August 2011. I have no opportunity to visit him due to financial difficulties and the tense political situation in the world," Victoria Yaroshenko said.

Yaroshenko was sentenced to 20 years in prison for conspiring to import more than $100 million worth of cocaine into the United States, having been arrested in Liberia in 2010 and subsequently extradited to the United States.

The Russian authorities have repeatedly expressed concern over the circumstances of the pilot's arrest and the poor conditions of his detention.

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