One of the former leaders of the LDPR, Sergei Abeltsev, was arrested. According to Mash, for fraud on an especially large scale. The man was detained the day before near the National Hotel in Moscow. He will remain in pre-trial detention until September 17.
During his entire time in the party, Abeltsev was elected to the State Duma four times. In 2019, he threatened a businessman with violence, extorted 50 million rubles and demanded that he give him an apartment.
During the bird flu epidemic, he became famous for his idea of shooting down migratory birds with anti-aircraft guns. In 2005, Abeltsev’s assistant was jailed for seven years for extorting $600k from a banker in his office.
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