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2 Russian suspects deny killing, mutilating fellow countryman

  CHONBURI police said two Russian men arrested last night (Feb. 1) in the murder and dismemberment of a compatriot remained defiant and denied all charges but they have a surveillance camera clip tying them to this brutal killing, PPTVHD36 and Amarin TV said this morning (Feb.2). The pair were arrested after Mr. Mikhail Emelianov,

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2 Russians nabbed for working at an illegal beauty clinic on Koh Samui

  KOH Samui police arrested two Russians after they were caught red-handed working at an illegal beauty clinic operated from a hotel room with their clients including both Thais and foreigners, Naewna newspaper said today (Mar. 13). Surat Thani Immigration police launched an investigation after hearing that foreigners were illegally running a beauty clinic in

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Business

Tourism sector expects 500,000 Russian visitors after Sputnik V vaccine endorsement

THE Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) hopes to add 500,000 Russian visitors to its 1 million international tourists this year, after the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) allowed tourists inoculated with the Sputnik V vaccine to visit “sandbox” destinations in the country, NNT said today (Aug. 19). TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn said Russia was

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