Posted on 09/13/2014 2:53:52 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
[Russian tourists kidnapped in China????]
Chinese hoteliers fraudulently lure vacationers from the rooms, and then block their keys, hold baggage and documents, without giving visitors the opportunity to leave the hotel.
Passengers with their luggage in the international airport of Beijing, Beijing, China. Archival photo © AP Photo/Andy Wong
MOSCOW, Sept. 12 - RIA Novosti. Association of Tour Operators of Russia reported that China has not given "Turpomoschi" permission for export of Russian tourists.
"Turpomosch" take out customers, "Southern Cross" from China on Friday-Saturday On Friday and Saturday, "Turpomosch" was going to take out all the customers of China tour operator "Southern Cross", which announced the suspension of its activities. However, according to ATOR, removal of tourists is hampered by the fact that the aviation authorities of China "do not open the sky" and up to 13:00 Friday, the Chinese side did not give permission for the evacuation flights "Turpomosch." Association has requested the assistance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Rosaviation, Russia.
"Chinese hoteliers fraudulently entice vacationers from the rooms, and then block their the keys, hold baggage and documents without providing visitors the opportunity to leave hotels. Thus partners "the Southern Cross" trying to get Russians to re-pay for accomodations. During Thursday's psychological service ATOR received several calls from Russian Tourists in China — the police did not let them leave the hotel ",-said in a statement.
According to "Turpomoschi" abroad are 5.8 thousand tourists "Southern Cross".
RIA Novosti News Agency http://ria.ru/society/20140912/1023816998.html#ixzz3DBcHNuSM
Vladimir Putin had better wake up. The Chinese are gearing up a huge sucker punch to take all of Siberia
Putin took Ukraine citizens that left for safety were to arive one destination BUT sent to Siberia instead!!!
My people consider condign reward for leaving Ukraine for Russia.
We can only hope!
When a partnership consist of two lying thieves, what are the chances of “honor among thieves”? IMHO, zero.
You can’t put a million people in a couple of cities. Chelyabinsk is not that bad a place as well. It is not Siberia but South Ural not that far from Kazakhstan. Weather is pretty mild, they even have a camel as a city symbol.
Everything I have read about that place tells me it is not a garden spot. I’ll take the lower steppe of Ukraine instead.
True. But Chelyabinsk has jobs and Ukrainian steppe isn’t.
Sounds like the tour operator, Southern Cross, did not pay the hotel(s) for the guests’ stay. So the hotels evicted the tourists and grabbed their baggage as payment. The tourists cannot leave until their scheduled flights depart.
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