Moscow court finds American father guilty of child abuse; sister says he's innocent
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- Опубликовано: 12 фев 2024
- ABC News's Linsey Davis speaks with David Barnes' sister Margaret after a court sentenced him to 21 years in prison, convicting him of abusing his sons. His family claims there's no evidence of guilt.
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Don’t marry a mail order bride either. 90 day fiance etc.
Gotta love seeing 🇺🇸s and 🇨🇦s walking like they all proud of their immigrant wives. Lol they just waiting to pounce take all of what u have move the whole fam in.. Men thinking with their brain again.
Passport Bros. And now he’s in prison. I hope the breeding time he had with the Russian was exquisite…21 year price tag.
“Mail order bride” explain?
Dude if you have Jesus and ask for a wife….you will be fine and happy…..my Eastern European wife is the best woman I ever met
@@Conker66 There are sites you can ship over a young woman who needs money to marry you. They are usually run by mobsters and they drain all your money and then go back home. This dude was a perv.
I will never understand why Americans travel to Russia ......People, wake up !
Me either in most cases. But I can understand a father going to Russia to see his kids.
Republicans love Russia
@@Cowboy-bo1kmyou’re kind of stupid if you believe that narrative 😂
No, they don't. They just respect that they actually have the correct morals and values over there that we have lost here in the United States. Because of this, the United States is becoming the laughing stock of the entire world with how stupid, ignorant, immoral, fat, entitled, & sinful this country has become. The Russian people overall have dignity, class, intelligence, and self-respect, and Republicans see that and respect that they have not lost their minds like people have here where we do everything backwards.
@@Cowboy-bo1km tRump loves Russia.
It's a sentence for Americans not abusive father becasue if it was, prisons would be full of abusive Russian fathers
I know right? Most Russian men are cruel and abusive. I grew up in a Russian speaking church.
If there was any American (other than this guy) that believed it was still safe in Russia for Americans, hopefully this settles it.
Perhaps don’t abuse children? Is it such a hard concept for Americans to grasp?
America is more dangerous then Russia
@207522 Idiot 🙄
Don't go there if you can't follow their rules
@@JK-vi3jmWhat rules! He went to see his kids.
I don’t understand how someone can be charged for a crime they allegedly committed in a different country.
Lol how old are you ? This happens everyday
@@keithcornelius1330 Are you high? People get extradited. You don’t get charged in another country
It happens all the time in the US particularly re. allegations of abuse.
it is a tad odd
oh were his kids in russia? lol i didnt watch the video and looks like no one here did either
Don’t go to Russia. That simple.
Dude wanted to see his kids that were stripped from him easy for you to say
Unless you are a MAGAt, then you should VERY much go to Russia. Be with more like minded people.
what? do you even know what your going on about? forget to take your meds?@@nex-ex5100
@@eighties1980baby Very young Russian mail order bride. Loser deserves his prison time. He was clearly a pervert!
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If you go out of country, each parent needs to agree and get a notarized letter if one parent stays in USA.
Not true. Border police officer who works at an airport here. An adult travelling with kids internationally merely requires a statement from the parents confirming that they're ok with that. Not notarized, just a signature is fine. Also, if one parent has sole custody (or if there's only one parent anyways), we have no way of checking that (a court order could be outdated and single parents have no document confirming that in the first place). Add to that the fact that the rules for travelling minors are different in every country. We have to trust our instincts and plausibility.
she skipped the country .... those people do that all the time.
Kids are the true victims here when the parents divorce while hating each other.
I grew up as an unaccompanied minor on flights prior to 2001 and after.
@nadyakotik6927 are you really this simple minded or are you just seeking attention?
How was she able to leave the country with the children ? I thought both parents had to agree when one parent leaves the country with a child/ children.
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Nope. If it’s not in papers, they can be taken anywhere. Long as he’s a custodial guardian.
Forgery?
@@JustAFace_InTheCrowdWell it isn't something that applies to this case because they had joint custody.
@cupcaek in usa you can not take children involved in divorce across state lines or to any other country unless both parents agree to it.
the baby mother accused him of child abuse because she wanted sole custody of the kids because she doesn’t like him. she fled to her motherland with the kids so he went aswell to try and get them back but she was able to get him prosecuted
He shouldn't have married an immigrants
Entrapment?
That is evil. 🤦🏻♀️
Child abuse???? They say it was child molestation 😠
So you were there ? You know what happened ? Stop speculating ya fool and go back to knitting 🧶
“Order a russian bride,” they said. “She will make a great wife,” they said.
I don’t think anyone ever said Russian wives are great, only hot. On the inverse, I’ve heard the Ayyyyysians make good wives but are less hot.
Pick your poison, people!
That is the Power Exchange in the relationship. I guess a local girl wouldn't take his BS.
Never take advice from 4chan
Traditional with family values.
Thats why you should know the person who you're having kids with
If the kids were born in The US, and they were divorced…getting the child a passport was a huge mistake. Of course mom was going to take them back to Russia with dad not knowing.
Why are there ANY Americans in Russia?
@liontamer
You don’t have comprehension skills. The mother of his children FLED to Russia in 2019. He went to Russian hired a Russian attorney to find his children.
Turn up your hearing aid his sister explained it in her interview.
Republicans love Putin 😂
Did you even watch the video before you decided to leave such an inane comment? How many braincells do you have?
@@sylviarosario6503 I watched the clip, it was insane of him to go
Why play basketball in Russia if you are black and a trans ?
marry someone for their heart not their body
That’s the craziest thing I’ve ever heard you can’t have wild Segsss with a heart..
How is the ex-wife not arrested for making false claims?!?!
Because she's now in Russia, and Russia is not on good terms with United States in any regard. So if you think they are going to choose an American over one of their own citizens, you are out of your mind.
Just like the US would not in a reversed situation. Though. @@Mischa21xo
It’s Russia dawg 😂
Claims are not false?
Russia convicts Americans so they can be used in a prisoner swap
Americans know not to go to Russia and they also know that when you travel abroad you don’t have immunity to their laws or systems of Justice. Like, what? Born yesterday I see.
Immunity has nothing to do with this as it sounds like this isn’t about a crime committed in Russia.
Also, there’s a scary trend of American citizens being charged there for things that seemed to not actually have happened. It’s sad- he went to see his kids.
This was before the war in ukraine. Not thst russia was safe before then but there was not the obvious no visit rule there is now. Also she also kidnapped his kids. Would you not do whatever it takes to try and get them back?
Yall act like Russia is so bad but they are the only ones who protected snowden when he exposed the corruption of our own government.
He went for his kids
@@SpiffyPenguin yawwwn. Really? Give one example
These 2 parents have single-handedly destroyed the lives of those two children. Incredibly sad.
How do you know? Russian courts can't be trusted.
Kids are always the pawns in these situations.
Uh what? Did you even watch the video? There was no abuse.
@@DoctorChained they are saying that the children have to grow up without a father.
@@DoctorChainedyes i listened it. The divorce - her leaving / taking the kids and upheaving their lives and now this - all of that is damaging. Hard to come back from.
Child abuse???? They say it was child molestation 😠
Americans traveling around Russia is about as smart as Nigerian bankers traveling to the superbowl
😂😂😂
Physical discipline is still used on children in Russia.
Half the father population along with the orphanages staff could be sentenced for the same.
She never said any details about why he got himself arrested. Did he go and threaten her? She said he was working with an attorney and then just got arrested, but didnt say for what. No way can they arrest him for something that happened in Texas.
"Physical discipline is still used" around the world not just in Russia. Check out the American RUclips courtroom videos of mothers, step-mothers, fathers, step-fathers, and boyfriends abusing their children as young as two months and teenagers, ultimately killing the children. Is it a mental disorder, uncontrolled rage, anger, drug addiction, schizophrenia, or a combination of several other abnormal psychological, physiological, and emotional problems? It's a never-ending story of the epidemic the U.S. is having.
If it was child abuse but no details to the charges.........how can you charge someone in another country when it didn't happen there?
It’s Russia, that’s how.
Because believe all women or whatever
🤷🏻♂️ Ask the Murricans. Ever heard of Guantanamo bay?
He should have never gone to Russia!!!
No one even watch the video?! He has serious reason he needed to go to Russia, it’s not he visited there for vacation. I hope he and his kids would come back with full custody of his kids
Will NEVER happen
I am so sorry to hear this.
WTF would he even go over there?! Not worth it. Now, he’s not going to see his kids for at LEAST 20 yrs, unless he gets pushed out a window.
Two questions. Why can Russia try someone for an accusation that happened in another country, and why are there still Americans in Russia after 2022?
Russia can do whatever it wants .
That makes my blood boil on so many levels.
how are you alive?
@GabrielMartinez-fv8xd It's a trick I picked up a long time ago...
@@grandmaLilith he's NOT !!
"dave23024" is a bot name on a bot account.
Why?
@David-zg7wv Let's see. She skips town and throws a false accusation at him, then she skates out of there while he gets hard time in a Russian prison. Calling the dum-dum American police is one thing, but making an international false claim is on another level.
This breaks my heart…the exact thing happened to me, not only the child is being destroyed by lies, but the emotional and mental toll on the wrongfully accused parent is indescribable. I would love to get in contact with the dad’s family and help in any way I can! Praying for you!
Here's an excellent example: in Cdn. and USA divorce cases virtually all the time (and in our legal and para=legal venues such as labour law) all kinds of "accusations" are used as a power move, with both sides lawyers telling their clients (and Union bus. agents) that this is never used "officially" in court. the problem is if some other level of law (foreign, Border Securiy) get a hold of it and treat it as fact. You have zero control over that. This guy looks rough; he's NOT doing well, and it's only been two years. Ouch.
The US failed this father! The US should not have allowed the kids out of the country without a document from the father allowing that travel.
Who tf goes to Russia?
Britney Grinner 😂
Tucker Carlson
Republicans
@@Cowboy-bo1kmBarbara Walter's before your maga fear 😂.
Who donated to the Clinton foundation to try and score uranium 😂
@@rico5393Corn pop
The US Gov would have to trump up charges on Russian visitors and then do a prison exchange program. Unfortunately the US doesn’t work that way.
His ex-wife knew Putin had her back 😡😱
I never go to Russia
I only ask if America will also release foreign prisoners "wrongfully or unjustly" convicted, to their grieving families in their countries? Why should America always have grandiose over this? Americans dont commit crimes?
Any rational American would agree to release people who were wrongfully convicted, our justice system is multitudes more fair than Russia's. We rely on actual evidence, not international statements. Russia is only doing this because it's their citizen vs. ours. Any other democratic country would throw the case out.
"Why should America always have grandiose over this?" Because the crime took place in our land? And Russia is known to be unjust?? If a Russian committed a crime in the United States, the American legal system would handle the case based on the principles of justice and fairness that are foundational to our judicial process. It's essential to understand that the U.S. legal system, while not perfect, operates under a framework that prioritizes due process, the right to a fair trial, and the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. These principles are enshrined in the Constitution and are a cornerstone of the American judicial process.
Moreover, the United States has mechanisms in place to address wrongful convictions. These include appeals processes, the possibility of a retrial, and in some cases, the intervention of organizations dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted individuals. The Innocence Project is a notable example, having played a role in the exoneration of hundreds of individuals through DNA testing and other means.
Comparing the legal systems of the United States and Russia requires acknowledging the differences in judicial independence, transparency, and adherence to international human rights standards. According to various international watchdogs and human rights organizations, the Russian judicial system has been criticized for a lack of independence from the government, politically motivated trials, and restrictions on the rights of the accused. These issues are less prevalent in the United States, where the judiciary operates independently of the executive and legislative branches, and where there is a stronger tradition of legal transparency and accountability.
In response to the notion of "America always having grandiose over this," it's important to recognize that the commitment to justice and the rule of law is not an assertion of superiority but a fundamental principle of democratic governance. When a crime is committed within a country's jurisdiction, it is the responsibility of that country's legal system to address the crime, ensuring that justice is served while respecting the rights of the accused. This is not about grandiosity but about fulfilling a basic responsibility to uphold law and order within one's borders.
Finally, the assertion that "Americans don't commit crimes" is a misrepresentation. Americans, like individuals in any country, are capable of committing crimes, and when they do, they are subject to the law. The key difference lies in how the legal system approaches and handles these cases, with a focus on fairness, evidence, and the legal rights of the accused. The suggestion that any democratic country would "throw the case out" oversimplifies the complexities of international law and ignores the fact that legal systems worldwide strive to balance the pursuit of justice with the protection of individual rights, albeit with varying degrees of success and adherence to democratic principles.
Get back to work in the troll farm buddy.
it sounds that people just get punished for hateful relationship of the two countries and it did not have anything to do with the crime, before was story about Russian teens convicted in us for some money scam which they say they did not do, again we will never know true but we know that becouse political hate the simple people suffer.
FAFO.. his own fault by going there. Married a Russian.. his own fault!
Sounds like a mail-order bride gone very wrong. These women never marry for love. When will these men learn?
What a terrible woman to do that to the father of your children
Wow so why didn't he get the United States government to have his children brought back rather than chase her over there when he found out where she was it sounds like he married the wrong person 🤔
I don’t think any government helps get kids back. Private agencies do.
He is guilty
The child abuse has to be so serious if he's sentenced for 21 years
Yep it looks like the Texas court was biased in favor of his father, but Moscow got it right
Wrong. I know David and I know Svetlana. She is evil.@@MeowNow494
Wrong. It's Russia. This is what they do. Britney Griner, 9 years for THC residue? Just today a Russian was arrested and facing 20 years for donating about fifty dollars to a Ukraine defense charity. When she got back to Russia, she's detained.
So Wrong. I know David. You KNOW NOT OF WHAT YOU SPEAK.@@MeowNow494
@@ptcarter we're not talking about brittany griner though are we 😀😀😀 why would you compared a child predator to her
American traveling to Russia is a death sentence.
Are we not going to mention that cage he's in? Like is he that violent?
This is a standard court room in Russia. They don't allow to attack the judge like you can in America.
The cage makes sense. The most recent guy in the US who physically attacked a judge has now been charged with attempted murder. The cage could’ve protected the guy from his rage which then added many more years of jail time and protected the judge.
All Russian court is like this
That's just how they roll in Russia
As an American I will never travel to those countries I rather go to France or somewhere
Where is the proof he did not commit the offense Russia is not a 3rd world country and if he was convicted of the crime i take it the sons testified and made it clear he deserved the 21 years Long live the motherland
I dated couple of Russian women. Their good is the best and the bad the worst. She’s a bad one and will and did all she can to put this innocent man in jail for 21 years. Sad I pray for this man 🙏😞
He won't be coming home. Don't get trapped by foreign women.
This is crazy
How does an American get arrested in another country for a crime they committed in America
Probably has something to do with going there to commit the crime again.
You would have to be crazy for a American to go to Russia these days. But he was only looking out for his kids and this is what has happened. I really feel for him and hope that he can come home with his children soon. ❤❤
He went to Russia in 2021.
Yes i no that @@MsUa125
Moral of the story stay out of other countries
In that case. All the Europeans should move back to Europe
Let's hear what the children say. Especially since child protective services fails regularly
Where's she gets money from ?💰
If he was abusing children, why would he go all way to Russia to see them ? Now when the kids grow up the mother can say she put the father in jail for 21 years cause he’s not getting out
watch the video. in ever divorce , firing, and other legal case I've seen the use of "accusations" is to grab the power. it's a power move. now prove it. The most gentle room mate I ever had was "accused" as he was sharpening an axe in his kitchen. In divorce court this "proved" he was, OBVIOUSLY, and axe murderer. this is pretty standard stuff in a hostile divorce.
Abusers usually wont let their pray so easily.
What stupid magat thing to say 🤦🏻♂️
I'm iffy on the child abuse claims, but I would caution you from suggesting that truly abusive people *don't* go to great lengths to keep their victims under their thumbs. Not saying that's the case here, just the abusers are insidious creatures.
Abusers chase down and stalk their victims all the time. This isn’t the hot take you think it is.
They should’ve kept Tucker.
How can anyone in any country be charged with absolutely no proof at all except accusations?
Is this your first rodeo with how Russia works, you can bribe people to do want you want
Disgusting absolutely disgusting . some woman can sit there and lie out her ass and then the minute you go to see your kids you're being arrested for child abuse WTF WTF what is wrong with this country and other countries it's completely appalling the fact that it's even made it this far in the court system is absolutely ridiculous. Ever gets let out he needs to file a suit against Russia and then he needs to file a suit against his ex-wife
How can one help this poor man?!
Unfortunately he’s not a Britney Griner.
@@Thaddeus-ml8if cute
Pray
This poor man had a teen girl shipped to the States for marriage in exchange for $$$. He got what was coming to him
Source?
@@EmperorOfMan
Damn 21 years in Siberia? Good luck comrade
Should have never went to Russia.
Sad mess. How did he meet his bride? Heartbreaking if no proven abuse.
Sad ❤❤
21 years in jail in Russia for trying to visit his kids that got abducted... the ex-wife essentially killed him... he'll die in jail...woow...
She didnt give any details on why he was arrested. Did he threaten this woman while trying to see his kids?
This is terrible, I feel terrible for the family.
I also think this interviewer is terrible.
How was he accused in Texas (United States) yet detained in Moscow (Russia)? Sounds like more money going across international boarders and most people here don't want to do that no more so..let his family pay for it or is everything hypothetical 🤔
Terrible terrible.
Shame on this woman who is doing this to this man. This is just so unfair.
The prosecutor doesn't believe her story yet he is jailed and for 21 years?
Just cuz the American court couldn't find anything doesn't mean there wasn't anything there. You ever heard of home cooking😂😂😂
what??? They have NO EVIDENCE and he got THIS verdict? WTH !!!!!
When I was in middle school in the 90s a kid from Russia named Yuri told me "Never Go To Russia" and I won't.
Peace.
Prison or jail isn’t to make accommodation for someone’s needs!!
The government needs to step up!!! This is crazy, they both had custody, yet she’s allowed to take there kids????? What is won’t with the messed up government, she should have never been able to leave the country with them kids without his consent.
I hope something is done about this. This poor man may be there for a long while though.
That cold , in another country 😫
I'm not saying she's wrong but how the hell does she know there was child abuse? Only he and the kids know.
Wait what? How do they have jurisdiction over Texas? How does Texas feel about this? EDIT: Nevermind. This makes a lot more sense.
Appeal a case in Russia? Good luck.
That’s what happens to your people, when your country gets involved in conflicts it has no business to be involved in. Unfortunate for that guy, but you have to be prepared for stuff like that, when you’re a citizen of the most hated country (USA) on this planet
China is
One more thing.. (My blood boils thinking of this) During David's trial in Texas, he considered her a flight risk and had the passports taken by the court. The bad news is that HER ATTORNEY RETRIEVED THEM AND GAVE THEM TO HER.
That SOB should be the one in prison. His name is Lee Crawley.
This isn’t about what they charged him with, this is them saying keep supporting Ukraine you’ll never see your families again. Russia has done this every single time they’ve been in a military conflict frowned upon by Nato or The Eu
unfortunately we will find out the truth in a decade or two when the children are older, they will either defend their mother or turn against her if she was lying
Can every one understand he didnt follow the laws in russia regarding contacting his ex and harassing her/bullying her ! Theres two sides to every story , shes claiming ine thing hes claimed another but its the bullying and harrasment hes been jailed for ! Hes not in jail for being american , hes also not totally innocent or this situation would've had a better outcome for him . Border officials dont need letters etc to allow parents to travel withkids , they father xoukd be dead, the fsmiky couldve tsken their mothers famiky surname ! Theres so many different possibilities that trying to predict a story or reword it to suit a narrative ! At the end if the day , the ones who will be most damaged are those poor kids. Parents trying to use kids to destroy their ex are vile and certainly not good parents ! 🏴✌️
Situation is definitely not unique to Russia. This happens all the time in the United States as well people make false accusations, and then people get punished for it, who are innocent. This whole piece smells like just another hit piece on Russia to satisfy the industrial military complex.
If the case reach court in Russia, you are done for. There is no justice.
Like red states, I'll just NEVER travel to Russia. Common sense and all.
Meanwhile you are most likely to become a statistic WHERE ?
😂😂😂
@@MrSniperdude01 Pick a red state. Your projection is so on!
Uhm literally any red state is safer ten fold than any blue state… it’s simple statistics. You go to the big blue cities and you see homeless and feces in the side of the road.
good decision. now please convince your fellow species to stop moving to red states
@@MrSniperdude01 Red states have all the most violent cities...
So much missing information, and FYI food here in America Jail/Prison is the worst ever you get treated worst then a dog does!!!!
Love how the sister completely left out HOW he got charged in Russia. Or WHAT charges. My guess? Doctors' statements and testimony from the kids re: abuse. OR he did smthg else like attem. murd. of the ex wife. Sister is shady AF. Stoned.
it was child abuse but no details to the charges.........how can you charge someone in another country when it didn't happen there?
@@hooker4749
Like you did in Guantanamo.
Politics.
You pissed off the wrong people.
@@hooker4749Great question. Ask the Murricans first.
This is like a chain of third world bottom feeders and Russian apologists
You are wrong. I grew up with this family. I stayed with David and his son on a trip to Houston just after the divorce. Story doesn't mention that her Russian mother, David's mother in law, lived with them in Texas and wouldn't speak English when talking to Sveltana even after David begged them.. Mommy wanted back and David was an obstacle. I really don't think the initial accusations by her in Texas were meant to jail him for 21 years. She rung the bell and it can't be unwrung and it snowballed to this point. Note- David had a swat team kick in his door, take his laptop and computer and kept it as evidence for a year or more before the trial. Nothing found on it. Then they went to a jury trial. Aquitted. David only had supervised visits up until acquitted and the judge restored the original custody agreement. Just when he was about to get to honestly speak to his kids (i.e. the truth) after the trial, she and Russian Mom bolted to Russia and abandoned her house. David worked hard on getting her parental rights removed. If she ever comes back to the United states, there is a warrant for her arrest (I have a copy of that if you don't believe it) and the boys are flagged as Code Yellow by Interpol as kidnapped. If they ever get back to the United States (David and Christian), she won't have access, even though David has reached out to her. After all this, he still thinks the boys should have the relationship between them stable. If you don't get that, here is what you need to know. IT"S BEST FOR THE KIDS. They are most likey screwed up by this. Gosh this whole thing passed the point of being ridiculous 2 years ago. And by the way, he never had contact with them on Russian soil.
The kids will resent their mother over this, it’ll take years to unfold but justice will be done.
It's Russia. 'Justice' isn't in their dogma.
@@argoneonobleexactly.
@@argoneonoble I’m sure there is some form of justice but like in America, it’s only for the left, as for Russia that’s all left, it’s only for the elite.
ugh She shouldn't have said that at the end that the clerk had tears or wasn't tears and that the prosecutor doesn't believe. I'm afraid that they'll go and murder those people just because she said that. You can't mess around with Russia. Why he went over there and got a Russian attorney is beyond me. You can't just go over there to Russia. You can't not when stuff like this is happening. Really not anytime but especially at that point. I know it's expensive but there's attorneys I'm sure like in New York or somewhere like that that can deal or defend transatlantically,. I no I probably just made up a word there but you get the point.
I'm just afraid for him. I don't think they're going to let him go. They don't care about us. Did you see that interview with Putin? Did you watch him? Just look at him through the whole interview? I mean calm cool collected pasty focused grinning the whole time. I mean he is like an assassin in weight. I could just feel the evil oozing off of him.
Anyway, I don't know. I know he did the right thing by himself to go and get his kids. I totally get that but you just can't go. It's just like when you take a flight somewhere, what do they tell you. If those masks drop, you've got to put one on yourself first because you can't help anyone if you yourself are in need of help.
I wish this family all the luck in the world and if he can just get home himself alive that will be saying a lot
Poor kids! Something isn't right with the father and the mother!😢
Hes definitely going to fight a demogorgon in there.
She thought he’d be acquitted 😐🤦🏻♂️ ..can’t be acquitted for being American. Dudes need to stop ordering brides 🙄 ick
He looks strong enough to work in a labor camp.
Fresh air and exercise helps men get a good night's sleep.
Spoken like a true su*cide supporter
There’s no hope
I dont get it?.was this crime comitted in the usa.why was it prosecuted in Russia or he accused of going over there and abusing them?
Where there is smoke, there is fire.
It’s unfortunate for him, but these are consequences of choices he made…he married a Russian, he traveled to Russia knowing the tension between the countries. More importantly, we’re only being presented with one side of a story in a 6 minute clip, with no evidence. Therefore, I’ll reserve my condemnation and my support.
Good to reserve your judgment. I know all sides of this story. David is one of my best friends. He got a raw deal in Texas and naively thought he could see his kids again. He even asked me to go over and help him. I'm a divorced dad with 2 boys. I was happy for him when he was enjoying being a Dad. Then Evil stepped in.
I understand he wanted to see his children but travel to Russia was simply not an intelligent decision for anyone that isn't an ally of the Russian state.
Unfortunately, marriages where the spouses are from different countries should one of them choose to return to their home country with their children that country's government gives that parent full custodial rights. Unless the children can be gotten back to the 'abandoned' spouse's country, that parent is out of luck. The US Court would push for these children not to be removed from the US and would apply US laws to enforce that if they were still here. Regrettably, the mom was able to get the children back to Russia and, honestly, he had no hope of getting those kids back or even seeing them again unless the mom was willing to allow that. Sad, but it is the reality of marriage to people holding citizenship of countries other than one's own. Him being convicted of an incident of child abuse that had not occurred in Russia but it is obvious that Russia does not view this as being an incident that would fall under a time or residence limitation. Unfortunate, but given the current situation in Russia I do not find it surprising. They could have expelled him from the country but a trial of this man has far better press value for Russia. It protects the mom and her kids and effectively makes him a non issue for them and their government. Russia just isn't playing nice with anyone holding citizenship of western countries right now. Doesn't look like changing anytime soon. So very, very sad for all involved. I hope he can somehow be brought back to the US.
"Russia just isn't playing nice with anyone holding citizenship of Western countries right now. Doesn't look like changing anytime soon." Not true. Please check
RUclips videos of Americans, Canadians, Germans, and from other countries that have moved to Russia. There's a large Canadian farming family that moved to Russia not too long ago. His name is Aaron and he is filming different things about life in Russia and why they moved to Russia. Called: "Country side Acres" .ruclips.net/video/wWXdsdQ5FxY/видео.html
This story makes no sense...
You make no sense !
I would like to see the real information on this story, not the biased one, or narrative
Why would you go to Russia knowing how messed up the justice system is?
i’m more inclined to believe russia at this point.