[2][3][4] Born Anastasia Kostina (Russian: Анастасия Костина; Belarusian: Настасся Косціна) on 27 February 1990 in Babruysk, Byelorussian SSR and for unknown reasons taken to orphanage, she was later adopted by a widowed forty-years-old woman — a well-known ophthalmologist in Babruisk.
[13] As of January 2019, Vashukevich has written three books about her relationship with Deripaska: Who Wants to Seduce a Billionaire (Russian: Дневник соблазнения миллиардера, или клон для олигарха lit.
The Billionaire Seduction Diary, or Clone for the Oligarch) (ISBN 978-5-699-93242-9); Eurotrash, How to Seduce the Rich for the Poor (Russian: Евротрэш.
[13] Released in September 2017 in collaboration with Alex Lesley,[e] Vashukevich's book Eurotrash, How to Seduce the Rich for the Poor details her trip to Lech, Austria, in early January 2017 with Oleg Deripaska to meet with Adam Waldman, who through Waldman's firm, Endeavor Group, has been a lobbyist for Deripaska since 2009[f] and for Julian Assange.
[7][10] Rybka refers to Papa as Richelieu, or a Cardinal in the Kremlin who is the person actually responsible for Russia's foreign policy during the governments of Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin, and Dmitri Medvedev.
[13][36] According to Jillian Bonnardeaux spokesperson for the United States embassy in Bangkok, all matters involving asylum are directed to Kirstjen Nielsen and the Department of Homeland Security.
[22][j] Vladimir Pronin gained her release for time served if she left Thailand which she did and, according to court order, returned to Belarus.
The Russian internet agency Roskomnadzor restricted access to Navalny's website,[37] which was on the Telegram network, also blocking as many as 18 million other sites,[38] and triggering anti-censorship demonstrations against Putin.
[20][42] Vashukevich was arrested at Sheremetyevo Airport Moscow in January 2019 while in transit from Thailand to Belarus for reportedly drawing people into prostitution.
[15][43] After videos showing her being violently arrested and pleading for her life in court were leaked to the press, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko demanded her release.