KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Russia is demanding that the U.S. release a Russian citizen who was convicted of kidnapping for moving her children from the U.S. to Russia amid a divorce.
Bogdana Alexandrovna Osipova, who is referred to by her married name of Mobley in court documents, was convicted in Kansas last month of one count of international parental kidnapping and two counts of attempting to extort money. Ospivoa, 38, faces up to 20 years in prison on each extortion count and up to three years on the kidnapping count at her May 20 sentencing hearing.
The Russian Embassy said in a tweet Friday that U.S. authorities should stop their lawless behaviour and release the Russian citizen Bogdana Osipova, thus returning the mother to her children. Her attorney, Craig Divine, didnt immediately return a phone message. A Russian court has found that the children should remain in Russia.
