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Russian bikers believed spies await exit visa

Four Russian bikers jailed for five days after entering Iraq without valid visas were stranded at the Russian Embassy in Baghdad over the weekend as they waited for paperwork allowing them to leave the country. The bikers obtained fake visas from an organization posing as a travel agency, Russian officials said.

The Moscow Times reports:

Four Russian bikers jailed for five days after entering Iraq without valid visas were stranded at the Russian Embassy in Baghdad over the weekend as they waited for paperwork allowing them to leave the country.

The bikers obtained fake visas from an organization posing as a travel agency, Russian officials said.