Two Russians sail 300 miles to remote Alaskan island and request asylum
Two Russians sail 300 miles to remote Alaskan island and request asylum
Two Russians fleeing military service sailed over 300 miles across the Bering sea to seek asylum on a tiny Alaskan island (Picture: usnewsrank.com)
Two Russian men facing the prospect of being sent to fight and die in Ukraine have sought asylum in the US after landing a small boat off the coast of Alaska.
They turned up near the remote settlement of Gambell, an isolated Alaska Native community of…