Rock band critical of Putin detained in Thailand

Members of rock band Bi-2, who have been critical of Moscow’s war in Ukraine, remain locked up in a Thai immigration jail (Pavel Golovkin/AP)

Members of a rock band that has been critical of Moscow’s war in Ukraine remained in a Thai immigration jail on Tuesday, fearful that they could be deported to Russia as a reported plan to let them fly to safety in Israel was apparently suspended.

The progressive rock band Bi-2 said on Facebook that it had information that intervention from Russian diplomats caused the plan to be scuttled, even though tickets had already been purchased for their flight.