The members of the Israeli band who were arrested in Thailand were not allowed to return to Israel, fearing that they would be extradited to Russia. In Israel they are very afraid that in Thailand they will comply with the Russian demand to extradite them to Moscow for being opponents of the regime.
The band was founded in 1988 in Belarus, which was then part of the Soviet Union, and became one of the most popular rock bands among Russian speakers. Each of them was fined about 95 dollars and they are supposed to be deported from the country in the coming days.