Robson case: Bolsonaro says he will contact Russia to request the release of the Brazilian | international soccer

– Russian justice is very strict, but we will seek forgiveness from the local government. We entered the case and Brazil will diplomatically seek Robson’s return to Brazil – the President of the Republic wrote on social networks, stating that he will meet with Ernesto Araújo, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the matter.

In the most recent report that was issued last Sunday (04/10), Rodrigo Maia, president of the Chamber of Deputies, said that he would bring the case to Bolsonaro’s attention. And he promised to try to resolve the issue in the most diplomatic way possible, “without radicalizing.” Jair Bolsonaro also used the word “diplomatically.”

Detained for a year, six months, and 21 days, Robson gained recent support from a movement started primarily on social media that featured several well-known players including Everton forward Richarlison and Reading goalkeeper Rafael Cabral. . The hashtag # JustiçaporRobson spread quickly on the Internet. ”

– (This move) made me happy. That proportion he took, players talking, artists commenting, talking about the case. Finally, people have a real idea of ​​the case, said his son Robson Júnior, who has never spoken with his father since he was arrested by Russian authorities.

Robson and his wife, Simone, worked for Fernando, at the time when the midfield revealed by Grêmio and with the national team, was playing for Spartak Moscow. They were hired by the player’s family, and shipped to Russia transporting, at the request of Fernando’s father-in-law, a drug legalized in Brazil, but prohibited in Russian territory, Mytedon – Methadone hydrochloride.

At the time, Robson claimed that he did not know what was in the suitcase and that the family had reported that the luggage only contained some clothing and supplies. The Brazilian was finally arrested at the Moscow airport, and thirty days later, charged with possessing the drug. Neither Fernando, nor the player’s wife, Rafaela Rivoredo, nor Rafaela’s father, William Pereira de Faria, confirmed to the Russian authorities that the medication belonged to William.

Fernando’s father-in-law, William Faria, did not provide any clarification to the Russian police. On June 6, 2019, three months after Robson’s arrest, in testimony, Fernando said he did not know how the drugs were received by Robson in Brazil, or how to deliver them, either in the suitcase or in unpackaged medicine boxes. and added that he had no contact with his father-in-law.

At no point in the testimony did Fernando claim that the resources belonged to William. Testimony very similar to that of his wife Rafaela, who said she did not know that her father had asked Robson to bring the medication. At the time, he also said that he did not know his father’s address, because he was constantly on the move.

In videos recorded on a cell phone for Esporte Espetacular on September 7, 2019, Fernando gave a very different testimony than the one they gave to the Russian police. “When they were detained at the airport, we immediately sent them the medical history of my father-in-law, the prescription, the passport, everything necessary to prove that the medicine was from my father-in-law, because in reality the medicine was from my father-in-law,” he said . .

Fernando and his wife moved to China after the player arranged a move from Spartak to Beijing Guoan in the middle of last year. Rafaela’s parents left Russia a week after Robson’s arrest. And in recent months, the Russian justice has postponed several hearings on the case.

In 566 days since Robson’s arrest, Fernando, Rafaela and William never gave an official statement, admitting that the player’s father-in-law was the owner of the drugs.

– That they make a statement either through an interview or through documents that we can translate, swear and take to Moscow so that it has legal value. But let them do something. Fernando can buy first-class airline tickets, even rent a jet, and arrive in Moscow and give a testimony of what really happened. But they don’t do that, ”said Olímpio, Robson’s lawyer in Brazil.

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