The Consulate General of the Russian Federation requested information from the United States about the detention of Russian woman Kristina Kedysheva

The Consulate General asked the United States to confirm information about the detention of Russian woman Kristina Kedysheva for an alleged air row.

She is charged with two counts of interfering with a flight crew or flight attendant and assault.

NEW YORK, September 11 – RIA Novosti. Russian diplomats asked the United States to confirm information about the incident involving the detention of Russian woman Kristina Kedysheva for an alleged air row, the Russian Consulate General in New York told RIA Novosti.

Kristina Kedysheva is charged with two counts, RIA Novosti was previously told in the Maine District Court: interfering with the actions of a flight crew or flight attendant, as well as assault. According to the first charge, Kedysheva faces up to 20 years in prison. Up to a year on the second charge. Each article provides for an additional penalty in the form of a fine - 250 and 100 thousand dollars, respectively.

“We did not receive official notifications about the detention from the American side; the detainee and her lawyers did not contact us. Today we asked the Americans for confirmation of this information,” they said.