Individuals landed at beach on remote island to avoid compulsory military service, according to Lisa Murkowski
Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid compulsory military service have requested asylum in the US after landing on a remote Alaskan island in the Bering Sea, Senator Lisa Murkowski’s office said on Thursday.
Karina Borger, a spokesperson for Murkowski, said by email that the office has been in communication with the US Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection and that “the Russian nationals reported that they fled one of the coastal communities on the east coast of Russia to avoid compulsory military service”.
