Handwritten letter from Alex Lesley and Nastya Rybka (Deripaska’s mistress) that was delivered to US embassy in Bangkok. They are seeking asylum in return for information on the Russian interference in the 2016 US election. 
“We have photo-video-audio of crimes of Russian government.”
I ask everyone to take all of this with a grain of salt. Everything I’m reporting here is vetted and legit but the Russian government likes to play games. Keep your guard up.
What we know as fact: Rybka is on video with Oleg Deripaska and the Russian deputy PM in August 2016. What we don’t know: If she actually has information about possible coordination between Trump team/Russia.
My source is an American citizen. (S)he was the one that passed this letter to the American representative. It is legit. What remains unclear: Motivations behind this entire story. I’m not drawing any conclusions about the validity of Rybka’s claims.
I’m told that on Monday the NYT, Buzzfeed, and CNN will visit the jail to attempt to get an interview with Rybka.
Just got confirmation that this was personally written by Lesley.
Lesley handed it off to the American at the immigration detention center before being transferred to the jail in Bangkok.
Hi @SethAbramson this might be pertinent to your thread.
