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en.ria.ru
. - Four Russian bikers traveling through Iraq were arrested on Sunday near Baghdad on spy charges, Alexander Orlov, a member of the Moscow-based motorcycle club RAMCC told RIA Novosti on Thursday.
Oleg Kapkayev, Alexander Vardanyants, Oleg Maksimov and Maxim Ignatyev, who were travelling through Central Asia, Turkey, Iran and Iraq, were detained in Kirkuk, but then briefly released after Russian consul's assistance, Orlov said.
However when the bikers nearly reached Iraqi capital of Baghdad, they were again detained, then transferred to an Iraqi military base where their documents were seized, Orlov said, adding that he is in a constant contact with the bikers and a Russian consul in Iraq.
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