Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on social media: X (old Twitter) He said that he met with the musicians of the “Bi-2” band who were deported from Thailand.
“Today I met with members of the Bi-2 group, one of the leading Russian-speaking groups, who returned after being detained in Thailand. “I told them that I was happy we were able to take them to Israel, because they were threatened with extradition to Russia and sentenced to a long prison sentence there,” the minister wrote in his message, adding that “music will win.” ”
Katz also noted that Israel is the only country in the world that does everything to ensure that not a single citizen is left to the mercy of fate.
On January 31, the Israeli consulate and Thai immigration officials Agreement reached on deportation A drummer, two guitarists, a keyboardist and an arranger for the rock band “Bi-2” went to Israel.
On January 30, it was reported that three members of the Bi-2 group with Russian citizenship were killed. can be deported only to Russia. In addition to Russia, two other people have Israeli passports. On January 31, the lead singer of the Leva group, Yegor Bortnik (known as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation) arrived in Israel.
formerly diplomat explained Details of the deportation of Bi-2 musicians.