Search continues for Russian siblings missing from Pattaya

Sniffer dogs brought in, two Thai men wanted for questioning still being sought Police use sniffer dogs to support their search for two Russian siblings in Chon Buri on Thursday. (Photo: Amporn Sangkaew) The search continued on Thursday for two Russian siblings who have been missing from their house in Pattaya for five days, with police bringing in two sniffer dogs to assist in the mission.Pol Maj Gen Kiatisak Sathong-oi, investigative commander of Provincial Police Region 2, is leading police and local officials in the search for Diana Nazimova, 22, and her brother Roman Nazimov, 17. Search teams are focusing on tambon Na Jomtien in Sattahip district and tambon Huay Yai in Bang Lamung district of Chon Buri. Police had two sniffer dogs smell clothing provided by the siblings’ mother, then brought them to a pond and deserted building in Na Jomtien, believed to be the last possible locations of the Russians before their disappearance. Ms Nazimova and her brother rode their black Honda ADV150 motorcycle out of their Bristol Park Pattaya housing estate in tambon Huay Yai at 4am on Sunday. CCTV footage showed they rode to the Na Jomtien motorway. Later their motorcycle was seen leading another motorcycle along a frontage road parallel to the motorway. The siblings then rode to a traffic intersection under the Ban Chang Ngaew motorway bridge before disappearing. Police are looking for two Thai men believed to have been on another motorcycle in the same area as the Russians around the time of the disappearance. They were identified only as Pong and Thong. On Wednesday parts of the Russians’ Honda ADV150 motorcycle were found buried at two locations not far from the house of Pong’s 74-year-old aunt in tambon Huay Yai. The aunt said Pong, 43, had been released from jail less than two months ago. He visited her on Monday night and told her that he was planning to leave for Chanthaburi to see his sick child. A police notice shows siblings Diana Nazimova and Roman Nazimov and the motorcycle they were last seen riding. A screenshot from TV Channel 3 news shows the Russian siblings waving as they pass the security guard booth of Bristol Park Pattaya as they rode out of the housing estate at 4am on Sunday.