Taliban* members kidnapped blogger from St. Petersburg Vasya Shchupaltse and demand ransom for him
A Russian travel blogger may have been captured by members of the Taliban*.
Information about this appeared in the media. The embassy responded to the situation, an investigation is underway.
39-year-old St. Petersburg blogger Vasya Shchupaltse (Igor Babko) traveled through Pakistan, writes Komsomolskaya Pravda .
He complained about money problems and asked fans to help him financially. Later, the traveler stopped communicating.
Then, information began to appear in Pakistani sources associated with the Taliban* that members of the movement had kidnapped a Russian.
The media claims that this is a blogger from St. Petersburg. A ransom is allegedly being demanded for him.
It is known that the Russian was last seen in the Deir Ismail Khan district (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province).
The employees of the Russian embassy in Pakistan responded to the situation.
They cannot yet confirm the information about the kidnapping of a Russian citizen. "The information is being checked," RIA Novosti quotes the diplomats as saying.
*a terrorist organization banned in Russia.
