A regional political leader in main Russias Vladimir area was charged with utilizing servant labor and defrauding a soldier who battled in the Ukraine war, regional private investigators stated Friday.According to the Vladimir region branch of Russias Investigative Committee, the political leader supposedly led an arranged criminal group that stole 1 million rubles ($10,350) from a soldiers savings account in between July and October.Police private investigators, who did not determine the politician by name, also declared he strongly required 3 men to work for more than 2 years at a car wash that he owns.Local media, citing confidential law enforcement sources, reported that the political leader is Sobinsky District deputyNikolai Malyshev, who was electedin 2020 as a member of the ruling United Russia party.Malyshev composed on social networks in 2015 that he actively cooperates with and supports Russian soldiers serving on the front lines in Ukraine.Police private investigators released a video of the political leader, whose face was blurred, being given court for arraignment.
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