Overview

• Dashima Ochirnimaeva arrived at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo on October 8 after Russian diplomats escorted her from Bangkok following her release.
• The Russian embassy said Thai and Myanmar authorities coordinated her handover in the border town of Mae Sot after she was freed near Myawaddy.
• She told TASS she traveled to Thailand for a Telegram‑advertised job at an advertising agency promising a $3,000 monthly salary.
• She recounted being taken from Mae Sot by pickup, hidden at police posts, ferried across the Moei River into Myanmar, confined in a barred room, given only rice, and pressured to pay 350,000 baht.
• TASS reports five Russians taken from Thailand to Myanmar for fraudulent call‑center operations have been freed in 2025, with three repatriated with assistance from Thai authorities and the Russian embassy.