> Pestrikov found he was named in a red diffusion after he fled Russia in June 2022

It doesn't say how he found out, I would imagine he's regularly checking online, he was stopped at a control check somewhere?

Seems to me that most people wouldn't have a clue until they're being arrested. But again another scummy behaviour from the Russian government.

It might as well just be prudent to ignore their requests altogether. Boy who cried wolf.

Edit : it did indeed say how. I missed it.

> After he fled to France, he was worried that the Kremlin might try to target him there, so he contacted Interpol

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JasonADrury 8 hours ago | parent [-]

You can pay $500 online in cryptocurrency to find out if there are interpol notices regarding a person. It's a convenient feature of interpol being so... international.

Such services are frequently advertised on forums like rutor

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bilekas 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Well Interpol will tell you directly so no need to fund criminal groups.

https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/Red-Notices/...

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strken 7 hours ago | parent [-]

> The majority of Red Notices are restricted to law enforcement use only.

> Extracts of Red Notices are published at the request of the member country concerned and where the public’s help may be needed to locate an individual or if the individual may pose a threat to public safety.

So, no, only a minority of them are made public.

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JasonADrury 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Besides, you'd probably want to know about a blue notice.

	▲	cestith an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I’d like to know if I’m the subject of any of the Interpol notices. That is, unless it’s a Black Notice and it’s correct. Then I couldn’t really care. Even that one, though, if my name’s attached and it’s wrong that seems really bad. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpol_notice

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bilekas 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Ah I see, still is no excuse to find crime, only adding to your potential problems really.