[Russia] - Communist Lawmaker Accused of Inviting Sex Worker Into Russian Parliament

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kremlin-linked media released a video Friday purportedly showing him receiving oral sex from a woman.In the video circulated by the Telegram
news channel Shot, a man who appears to resemble 36-year-old Duma member Denis Parfenov enters an office with a woman, who then allegedly
committee responded to the allegations against Parfenov by suggesting the alleged sex tape might have been AI-generated.Party spokesman
Alexander Yushchenko told the RTVI broadcaster that the video appeared to be too heavily doctored to conclusively identify Parfenov
her visit to the State Duma
She said she was accompanied by an unidentified man, but declined to share further details.Soliciting a prostitute is an administrative
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