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Bolsonaro welcomes back Brazilian who spent two years detained in Russia

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday May 5, received Robson Oliveira, who worked for soccer player Fernando Martins and was recently pardoned by Russia after two years in detention on drug trafficking charges,

Bolsonaro went to Rio's Galeão International Airport (GIG) to welcome Oliveira, whose situation aroused the president's interest last year and culminated with his return to Brazil, after negotiations with Vladimir Putin's government.

Oliveira was arrested by Russian authorities on March 17, 2019, for entering that country with two boxes of medicine containing methadone, a substance . . .

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