A week before nationwide elections, Yekaterinburg’s mayoral candidate has found himself embroiled in a legal battle with a television host after calling him a “con man and a touring prostitute.” But for Yevgeny Roizman, 50, the lawsuit is only the latest in a long series of scandals. There are several obstacles to a mayoral victory. Prosecutors in the Sverdlovsk region last Wednesday announced plans to investigate the anti-drugs activist for possible links to criminal gangs.
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