During 2016 to 2017, Vashukevich met with
Oleg Deripaska at least three times: during August 2016 on Deripaska's yacht
Elden off the coast of Norway with
Sergei Prikhodko, during September to October 2016 in
southern Russia at Deripaska's mansion, and during January 2017 at
Lech,
Austria, with United States lobbyist Adam Waldman of the firm Endeavor Group. As of January 2019, Vashukevich has written three books about her relationship with Deripaska:
Who Wants to Seduce a Billionaire (
lit. The Billionaire Seduction Diary, or Clone for the Oligarch) ();
Eurotrash, How to Seduce the Rich for the Poor (); and a third unpublished book. Vashukevich made a video recording with her phone of the 7 January 2017 meeting in the bar. a Russian oligarch with ties to Russian President
Vladimir Putin and business links to
Paul Manafort. She claimed the recorded voices included Deripaska's discussing the 2016 presidential election with other people, including at least three fluent English speakers who she believed were Americans. On 8 February 2018,
Alexei Navalny released a video using material obtained by Vashukevich about an August 2016 meeting between Deripaska and Deputy Prime Minister
Sergei Prikhodko in which United States and Russia foreign policy was discussed as well as Prikhodko's friend United States diplomat
Victoria Nuland and the 2016 United States elections. Deripaska filed a lawsuit in Deripaska's hometown court at
Ust-Labinsk,
Krasnodar Krai, Russia, against Rybka and Leslie for publishing material about him. On 10 February 2018,
Roskomnadzor placed Navalny's website and his investigation video on the prohibited log. According to Vladimir Sosnov, the head of the consular department of the
Russian embassy in Thailand, Rybka was one of ten Russians that were detained and awaiting trial and deportation from Thailand. While in custody, She was visited by
FSB,
CIA, and many times by Vladimir Pronin, the
Russia consul for the Pattaya
consular district, but the
FBI was not allowed to visit because Thai officials only allowed visitors that were legal representatives for her and her family members. According to Jillian Bonnardeaux spokesperson for the
United States embassy in Bangkok, all matters involving asylum are directed to
Kirstjen Nielsen and the
Department of Homeland Security. which was on the
Telegram network, also blocking as many as 18 million other sites, and triggering anti-censorship demonstrations against Putin. She said she promised Deripaska she would not make any further comment on the recordings' contents. In court, Vashukevich apologized to Deripaska and Prikhodko. Deripaska sued for 1 million rubles from each Vashukevich and Kirillov but the court set the payment at 500,000 rubles for each Vashukevich and Kirillov.
Later arrest and release Vashukevich was arrested at
Sheremetyevo Airport in
Moscow in January 2019 while in transit from Thailand to Belarus for reportedly drawing people into prostitution. After videos showing her being violently arrested and pleading for her life in court were leaked to the press,
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko demanded her release. Vashukevich said she was warned not to discuss Deripaska while in Russian custody. She said her claims about him were intended to save her from death while detained in Thailand. ==Later life==