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Russian MP Valery Seleznyov has accused the United States of kidnapping his son, Roman Seleznyov, 30, from the Maldives on suspicion of cyber-fraud, to exchange him for former US National Security Agency (NSA) Analyst Edward Snowden.

Russian paper RT has reported that Roman was arrested at Male’ International Airport as he was about to board a flight to Moscow, and forced by US secret service agents to board a private plane to Guam.

MP Seleznyov said in an interview to RT, “For all I know they may be demanding a ransom tomorrow. Or try to exchange him for [NSA whistleblower Edward] Snowden or somebody. One can only wonder.”

Moscow considers the kidnapping “a new hostile move by Washington”, and has accused the US of ignoring proper procedure in dealing with foreign nationals suspected of crimes, reported RT.

The MP has said that he cannot contact his son and claims American authorities are denying Roman his rights.

“They took him to Guam because American law is not fully applicable there,” he told RT.

RT further stated that Roman is charged with stealing and selling US citizens’ credit card data between 2009 and 2011 and may face up to 30 years in prison if found guilty.