INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian media personality Ksenia Sobchak has returned to Russia days after she fled the country amid police searches of her residence linked
to an extortion case, state media reported on Monday.Sobchak, 41, entered Lithuania on an Israeli passport in late October after Russian
of the investigation, and could now face prison sentences of up to 15 years.Sobchak was accompanied by her husband, theater director
Sobchak was summoned for questioning as a witness in the extortion case.Sobchak, whose father was the former mayor of St
appears to have been caught in the crosshairs of Rostec CEO Sergei Chemezov, a powerful Putin ally, BBC Russian reported last week.In
August, Chemezov and his aides launched a series of criminal cases against the administrators of Russian Telegram channels which are known
to demand payments in exchange for removing critical coverage, according to BBC Russia correspondent Andrei Zakharov.Sobchak herself has not
commented on the reports of her return to Russia
In an unrelated post on her Telegram channel that appeared around the same time as the news of her return Monday, Sobchakwrote: "the idea
would return to Russia "soon." But on Monday, she declined to comment on reports that Sobchak had returned.
