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  • Crime News3 foreigners arrested operating unlicensed Koh Phangan spa

    3 foreigners arrested operating unlicensed Koh Phangan spa

    Police in Koh Phangan arrested 2 Russian men and an American woman in a raid at a health spa following complaints from locals of illegal activities and Covid-19 restriction violations. They are accused of a range of charges relating to the legality of the business, though the information is unclear if they face any charges for breaking any Covid-19 rules.…

  • Phuket NewsPhuket lifeguards warn beachgoers after 2 near-drownings in a day

    Phuket lifeguards warn beachgoers after 2 near-drownings in a day

    Phuket lifeguards are urging beachgoers on the southern island to be “careful when doing water activities and swim only in the areas marked as safe” as well as to “follow lifeguards’ suggestions” after a 6 year old girl and a Russian man were plucked from the water after getting into difficulty in 1 day. The Nai Harn beach chief lifeguard…

  • Thailand NewsThailand News Today | Thai official positive, Head-butt latest, protest letters | November 10

    Thailand News Today | Thai official positive, Head-butt latest, protest letters | November 10

    Thailand News Today for the second day of the week. Please subscribe to our YouTube channel, like and comment on the program. Diplomat in Thailand tests positive for Covid-19 after contact with Hungarian foreign minister A Hungarian diplomat who lives in Thailand has recently tested positive for Covid-19 in an apparent local transmission. The 53 year old diplomat had been…

  • Crime NewsThai protester released on bail, tells his side of the story after head-butt incident in Pattaya

    Thai protester released on bail, tells his side of the story after head-butt incident in Pattaya

    A follow up to yesterday’s sad incident with a Thai protester ending up head-butting a 52 year old Russian man who was watching a small protest on the Jomtien foreshore with his 10 year old daughter and Thai wife. The incident happened on Monday evening at the Dongtan Curve. The protester, Narathiwat “Ken” Khamma, was arrested and jailed for the…

  • Thailand Protest News52 year old Russian head-butted by Thai protest leader in Pattaya

    52 year old Russian head-butted by Thai protest leader in Pattaya

    A small protest gathering in Pattaya’s Jomtien Beach last night turned ugly when one of the protest leaders targeted and assaulted a 52 year old Russian expat who was watching on with his 10 year old daughter and Thai wife. The tall Thai man in the floral shirt, named as Narathiwat “Kane” Khamma, became agitated and started yelling obscenities at…

  • Thailand video newsThailand News Today | Visa amnesty extended, first STV tourists, teacher sacked | September 29

    Thailand News Today | Visa amnesty extended, first STV tourists, teacher sacked | September 29

    Daily TV news on thethaiger.com, Thailand News Today. Get your visa figured out by October 31 In a surprise decision that arrived late yesterday afternoon, following a week of denials and threats to prosecute foreigners on overstay, the Thai government has granted another stay of grace to foreigners up to the end of October. Foreigners stuck in Thailand will now be…

  • Chiang Mai NewsRussian man allegedly stabs Chiang Mai park officer, tries to break into tourist bungalow

    Russian man allegedly stabs Chiang Mai park officer, tries to break into tourist bungalow

    A Russian man has been arrested after he allegedly tried to break into tourist bungalows and stealing property at a Chiang Mai national park and stabbed a park officer with a pair of scissors. The incident follows months of complaints from Thai tourists at the national park reporting missing property. Thai media reports the 32 year old Russian man as…

  • Thailand NewsRussian in Pattaya offers 100,000 baht reward for missing cat

    Russian in Pattaya offers 100,000 baht reward for missing cat

    A Russian resident in Pattaya is offering a hefty reward for anyone who finds her missing 9 month old cat. The woman, 46 year old Oksana Kobzar met with Associated Pattaya Press today to send out the message of the reward for finding her beloved white Main Coon furry friend. Kobzar says her treasured pussy left her house in Bang…

  • Politics NewsRussian opposition leader, Putin critic in a coma after suspected poisoning – VIDEO

    Russian opposition leader, Putin critic in a coma after suspected poisoning – VIDEO

    The spokeswoman for leading Russian opposition figure and fierce Putin critic Alexei Navalny says he is unconscious in hospital, suffering from suspected poisoning. The outspoken anti-corruption campaigner fell ill during a flight and the plane made an emergency landing. Doctors say he’s in a coma and they’re trying to save his life. His team suspects something was put in his…

  • Pattaya NewsRussian man found hanged in Pattaya shophouse

    Russian man found hanged in Pattaya shophouse

    A 45 year old Russian man has been found dead in a Jomtien shophouse. The man was discovered just after midnight today, hanging from the doorknob of his third floor rented apartment. Police say he was due to leave Thailand today bound for Russia. Pattaya City Police were notified of the incident just after midnight by the landlord in Jomtien, just…

  • Pattaya NewsRussian woman denies murdering daughter, claims husband made her do it

    Russian woman denies murdering daughter, claims husband made her do it

    A Russian woman who allegedly murdered her one year old daughter and then tried to kill herself by jumping from a third-floor balcony, is denying all charges against her. 33 year old Anna Efimova appeared at Pattaya Provincial Court to answer the charges when she claimed her husband forced her to kill the child. However, police say there is nothing…

  • Pattaya NewsRussian woman allegedly kills own baby and survives suicide jump

    Russian woman allegedly kills own baby and survives suicide jump

    A Russian woman has survived an apparent suicide attempt in which she jumped from a third floor balcony in Pattaya after allegedly murdering her one year old daughter. The 31 year old, named as Anna Efimova, sustained only minor injuries in the fall. The Pattaya News reports that she is undergoing treatment at a local hospital, after which she will…

  • Crime NewsRussian charged with credit card fraud on Koh Samui

    Russian charged with credit card fraud on Koh Samui

    Police in Koh Samui, in the southern province of Surat Thani, have arrested a 35 year old Russian man for allegedly using counterfeit credit cards to buy goods on the resort island. When he was arrested there were 8 fake credit cards found on him. The arrest comes after a bank employee told police of suspected irregularities in the use…

  • Phuket NewsForeigner arrested after selling fake tickets to tourists

    Foreigner arrested after selling fake tickets to tourists

    A Russian man was arrested yesterday afternoon after allegedly selling fake tour tickets to tourists in Patong. 34 year old Leonid Lurkovskii targeted his scheme at Russian customers and was selling fake tours along with an equally fake receipt. The arrest followed a representative of Royal Palace tours filing a complaint with the Patong police. He accused Mr Iuraovskii of…

  • World NewsBroke Russian family deported from Indonesia for busking – VIDEO

    Broke Russian family deported from Indonesia for busking – VIDEO

    A Russian couple and their young child have been deported from Indonesia, after a video of them busking illegally at a market on Lombok island went viral. Coconuts reports that officials did not charge them with violating the conditions of their visa, with the Head of the Mataram Immigration Office saying he understood the family had been caught up in…

  • Covid-19 NewsStranded Russian student earns his room and board at Surat Thani temple

    Stranded Russian student earns his room and board at Surat Thani temple

    Ivan’s life has taken quite an unexpected turn. The young Russian student probably never expected to be handing out meals alongside Buddhist monks in somewhere in southern Thailand, but that’s how he spends his days now that he’s broke and stranded. He survives on meals from, and helps out where he can, at a temple in Surat Thani. Phra Khru…

  • Covid-19 NewsCoronavirus UPDATE: WHO fights the ‘infodemic’, recession fears in Europe

    Coronavirus UPDATE: WHO fights the ‘infodemic’, recession fears in Europe

    A total number of 67,100 cases of Coronavirus (covid-2019) have now been confirmed worldwide, along with 1,526 deaths reported and 8,193 people recovered. The number of reported full recoveries is now over 5 times the rate of reported deaths, and continues to rise each day. The infodemic… On top of the spread of the virus, there has been increasingly dangerous…

  • Phuket NewsUPDATE: Phuket speedboats crash: 2 children dead, 22 injured – VIDEO

    UPDATE: Phuket speedboats crash: 2 children dead, 22 injured – VIDEO

    “…both boat drivers have been charged with reckless driving causing death and injury.” Two Russian children have died and some 22 people were injured following a high-speed speedboat collision off Phuket’s east coast just before 8am this morning. The incident occurred in the channel linking Phuket’s two main east coast marinas with the Phang Nga Bay on the east side of…

  • NewsRussian wanted by Interpol arrested in Thailand

    Russian wanted by Interpol arrested in Thailand

    A Russian man wanted by Interpol was arrested in Chonburi on Saturday. 52-year-old “Sergey” is wanted in relation to a case involving fraud amounting to more than 20 million baht. Immigration police were notified on 25 September by an anonymous citizen, who claimed that there was a Russian man with an arrest warrant in his name in Russia. Thai Police…

  • Pattaya NewsRussian boxer dies after falling from hotel balcony in Pattaya

    Russian boxer dies after falling from hotel balcony in Pattaya

    PHOTOS: รักสยาม นิวส์ A 35 year old Russian was found dead around 6.30am yesterday in a pool of blood with serious head, arm and leg injuries after falling from a condo balcony in Pattaya. Ruk Siam News reports that Pattaya police and emergency responders headed to Building B of the Sea Breeze Jomtien Resort after receiving reports that the man…

  • Bangkok NewsRussian and Kazakhstani caught on seven month overstay at Suvarnabhumi

    Russian and Kazakhstani caught on seven month overstay at Suvarnabhumi

    PHOTO: Facebook/Tourist Police Bureau A Russian man and his Kazakhstani wife had been travelling around Thailand using fraudulent documentation to avoid being detected for overstay. This time they tried the same scam to fly from Bangkok to Phuket but it didn’t quite go to plan. The pair told Suvarnabhumi immigration officials that they “forgot their passports” so they could get…

  • Koh Samui NewsRussian arrested on Samui for theft, drugs and overstaying visa

    Russian arrested on Samui for theft, drugs and overstaying visa

    A Russian man has been arrested for stealing a digital camera as well as taking drugs and overstaying his visa. The incident happed on Koh Samui yesterday, (Sunday). Police from Bophut station arrested 31 year old Kiirti Svami after a digital camera store in one of the island’s major malls caught him returning to their store after already being caught…

  • Phuket NewsMotorbike driver dies after colliding with sedan on Thepkasattri Road, Phuket

    Motorbike driver dies after colliding with sedan on Thepkasattri Road, Phuket

    A motorbike driver has died after colliding with a sedan driven by a Russian driver who was allegedly making a “risky” U-turn on Thepkrasattri Road in Koh Kaew yesterday. The incident happened at 3.30pm yesterday. Police and other emergency responders arrived to find a white sedan, a motorbike and a pickup truck. The motorbike driver had sustained serious injuries –…

  • Bangkok NewsTourist falls from fourth floor of Suvarnabhumi

    Tourist falls from fourth floor of Suvarnabhumi

    A Russian tourist was fatally injured after falling four floors at the country’s largest airport. Police say he climbed over a glass wall on the fourth floor in the passenger terminal at Suvarnabhumi and jumped. Royal Thai Police deputy spokesman Pol Col Kritsana Patanacharoen says 44 year old Mikhail Sinitsyn landed on the second floor after his fall early this…

  • Phuket NewsRussian man dies after drowning in a villa pool in Cherng Talay

    Russian man dies after drowning in a villa pool in Cherng Talay

    FILE PHOTO (Original photo removed at the request of the Villa owner) A Russian man has died after drowning in a pool at a house in Cherng Talay. The Cherng Talay Police say that they were notified by the Thalang Hospital that a foreign man had died while being transported to hospital after being found floating face down in a…

  • Bangkok NewsBelarusian ‘Anastasia’ will be in Moscow detention another 3 days

    Belarusian ‘Anastasia’ will be in Moscow detention another 3 days

    Anastasia Vashukevich, aka. Nastya Rybka, the Belarusian model/sex-educator/Instagramer who spent a year in a Thai jail awaiting last week’s Court case, and was then deported, remains in a Moscow jail as of last night after the presiding judge decided to extend her detention by 72 hours. She was arrested at Moscow airport on Thursday after being deported from Thailand on…

  • Pattaya NewsTwo Russians arrested after visas cancelled over threat to blow up consular offices

    Two Russians arrested after visas cancelled over threat to blow up consular offices

    Two Russians have been arrested for refusing to leave Thailand after their visas were cancelled for threatening to blow up the honorary consular offices of Russia in Chon Buri and Rayong. Pol Colonel Songprode Sirisukha, chief of the Chon Buri Immigration Office, said Dmitry Revtovich and Ilia Gilev had been arrested under a Pattaya Court warrant dated September 6 on…

  • Pattaya NewsDirt-dishing Belarusian model pleads not guilty in Pattaya court hearing

    Dirt-dishing Belarusian model pleads not guilty in Pattaya court hearing

    Anastasia Vashukevich, aka Nastya Rybka, is back in the news after appearing in court today and entering a not guilty plea. She was pleading in relation to the illegal ‘sex training’ classes she and others ran in Pattaya, the world class family resort town. The Belarusian model sparked global intrigue after claiming she had dirt on several Russian politicians who…