Politics US diplomat steals railroad sign in Russia, endangering passengers — Foreign Ministry

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US diplomat steals railroad sign in Russia, endangering passengers — Foreign Ministry

According to Maria Zakharova, the embassy employee retained his diplomatic immunity but had to return to the US

MOSCOW, July 12. /TASS/. A US embassy employee stole a railroad sign in Russia’s Tver Region in spring 2021, endangering the lives of train passengers, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova disclosed in her Telegram channel Monday.

"What is not funny is the danger that the US citizen put the lives and health of train passengers in. The Ostashkov hub is a rather busy part of the railroad. A railroad is a high danger area. If the missing sign was not discovered promptly, a tragedy could have happened," she said.

According to Zakharova, this story became known due to police pre-investigation actions. Police officers determined that an unidentified man stole the switch sign and put it in the trunk of a car with red (diplomatic) license plates.

"The very same day, a car with the same license plate was pulled by traffic police in the Tver region for a traffic rules violation. The car was driven by an employee of the American embassy who fit the description," the diplomat said.

She added that the embassy employee retained his diplomatic immunity but had to return to the US.

US diplomat steals railroad sign in Russia, endangering passengers — Foreign Ministry

According to Maria Zakharova, the embassy employee retained his diplomatic immunity but had to return to the US

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[morris]

Railway Village Museum secret agent or just a kleptomaniac?

 

[JimHPTN]

When he gets back to the US, the local railway police in his home state need to execute a search of his home to look for stolen railway property.

 

[nicememe]

When he gets back to the US, the local railway police in his home state need to execute a search of his home to look for stolen railway property.

Let's be real. Instead they will be searching the railway sign for implanted Russian hacking malware that could have influenced the 2016 US presidential election.

 

[Ivan le Fou]

Collecting souvenirs?

 

[Mike1976]

That major overhaul of the US infrastructure is not going to be doing itself. You need go-getters to go get supplies!

 

[IDF_TANKER]

I won't be entirely surprised if it contained some sort of surveillance equipment to track/watch whatever military/strategic assets transported by railroad. Or may be he's just an avid trainspotter taking home a piece of local memorabilia.

 

[BCNTM]

I won't be entirely surprised if it contained some sort of surveillance equipment to track/watch whatever military/strategic assets transported by railroad. Or may be he's just an avid trainspotter taking home a piece of local memorabilia.

I thought he might just have taken it to lick the fluorescent paint

 

[1645556315]

Damn, what a ridiculous case! Guy really had a passion for trains. Usually in spy dramas (and sometimes in reality) this is passion for woman that ruins some career or life.

He was fully aware of possible surveillance and still stole the damn sign.

Anyway, some great Russian photos from the unfortunate idiot.

 

[BCNTM]

Damn, what a ridiculous case! Guy really had a passion for trains. Usually in spy dramas (and sometimes in reality) this is passion for woman that ruins some career or life.

He was fully aware of possible surveillance and still stole the damn sign.

Anyway, some great Russian photos from the unfortunate idiot.

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gonna struggle to get one of them in his luggage

 

[Mike1976]

gonna struggle to get one of them in his luggage

A few stickers on some shipping containers would do to make them diplomatic mail. He's going to need a few tools to disassemble, and reassemble it though ?

Anyway he hasn't endangered passengers by stealing the sign, the home made vodka on the train driver's breath does that job ?

 

[Fluff]

Damn, what a ridiculous case! Guy really had a passion for trains. Usually in spy dramas (and sometimes in reality) this is passion for woman that ruins some career or life.

He was fully aware of possible surveillance and still stole the damn sign.

Anyway, some great Russian photos from the unfortunate idiot.





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Thats a GREAT cover story!!!!

 

[Mike1976]

Thats a GREAT cover story!!!!

Absolutely. That online photography class making the story more believable was money well spent!

 

[BCNTM]

Absolutely. That online photography class making the story more believable was money well spent!

His only issue was that he failed to invest in a yeti costume

 

[Connaught Ranger]

Looks more like a lamp than a sign.

 

[JimHPTN]

Damn, what a ridiculous case! Guy really had a passion for trains. Usually in spy dramas (and sometimes in reality) this is passion for woman that ruins some career or life.

He was fully aware of possible surveillance and still stole the damn sign.

Anyway, some great Russian photos from the unfortunate idiot.

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Those are some great looking trains!

 

[JimHPTN]

Let's be real. Instead they will be searching the railway sign for implanted Russian hacking malware that could have influenced the 2016 US presidential election.

You don't know our railway police. They'd kick his tail just for fun.

 

[Ivan le Fou]

Looks more like a lamp than a sign.

Could be railway signals or something.

 

[1645556315]

Railroad switch sign. Really old manual switches had these lamps. Never saw that nowadays, most switches are automatic without signs and manual switches has a simple metal plate sign.

 

[primer]

Didn't have any lights in it.