Russian climbers face deportation to Ukraine war after NY plea deal rejected

Two Russian nationals who illegally scaled the Empire State Building face criminal charges in New York after prosecutors rejected a plea deal that would have shielded their immigration status. If convicted and deported, they could be sent to Russia and conscripted into the Ukraine war, a consequence that elevates a routine stunt into a geopolitical flashpoint.

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