Russian City Official Arrested in Occupied Ukraine on Embezzlement Charges

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
party, was taken into police custody over the weekend, according to an official citied by local media.Lavrichev had been overseeing
shipments of humanitarian supplies to the partially occupied territories of eastern Ukraine before reportedly deciding to enlist in the
Russian military.On Tuesday, state media released a video of masked law enforcement agents escorting Lavrichev into a courtroom
He is accused of embezzling 22 million rubles ($235,000) in the purchase of medical equipment.The charges of embezzlement carry a prison
arrest.On Saturday, Lavrichevwrote on his personal Telegram channel that he was in the occupied city of Donetsk and awaiting the arrival of
humanitarian aid from Russia.