American man wanted for murder back home asks Putin for Russian citizenship, claiming political persecution by US authorities

An American man

An American man who moved to Russia after allegedly murdering his girlfriend has appealed to President Vladimir Putin for citizenship, asking him for protection against “the arbitrariness of US authorities.”

Jeffrey Beier, 46, vanished in 2016 following the disappearance of his girlfriend Charlene Voight. He was later found living in Russia with a wife and child and ten months after an August 2019 US indictment for first-degree murder he was arrested.

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