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Pskov: The ex-head of the "Motherland" was accused of organizing prostitution
In Pskov, the city court arrested for two months the ex-head of the Rodina party, the head of the regional Konstantin Vilkov on charges of organizing a brothel for prostitution ( part 2 of article 241 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ). This was reported to the North. Reali correspondent in the press service of the Pskov city court.
Vilkova was accused of organizing prostitution classes by other people, containing a stash for prostitution. The acts were committed "with the use of violence", the North. Real in court specified. The defense insisted on house arrest for Vilkov, but the court refused, considering that the politician could hide from the investigators.
The criminal case against Vilkov may be part of the political struggle, suggests the source of the North. Reali from among the acquaintances of Vilkov. “It happened right on the eve of the elections, they probably assumed that Wilkov had political plans. Konstantin informed me that some people allegedly extorted a bribe from him, but he refused to pay,” the source said.
It was not possible to get a comment on the lawyer Vilkov North. Realiy.
- In 2018, during the election campaign of the head of the Opochetsky district, a conflict occurred between the administration of the governor Mikhail Vedernikov and Konstantin Vilkov, and the Kommersant publication wrote. Vilkov promised to support Vedernikov’s candidacy in the elections, but refused this after he was removed from the elections to the post of head of the Opochetsky district rich in forest. The interlocutor of the North. Reali from among the acquaintances of Vilkov said that the policy was allegedly asked to remove their candidacy from the elections.
- After the elections, the regional media and pro-government accounts on social networks attributed to Wilkova authorship in several anonymous telegram channels Shaltai-Boltai, the office writes, which criticized the work of the Governor of Vedernikov and law enforcement agencies.
- In 2016, Wilkov was convicted for a year and a half conventionally for combination and abuse of authority in connection with the investigation of the death of a woman who died during the detention on suspicion of drug storage (orientation on it was given by the police). Together with him in the case, three operatives were held. The police tried to detain the woman for the storage of drugs, but she, being in Vilkov’s car, decided to swallow evidence and began to choke. Police officers tried to extract substance from the esophagus, but the detainee died. The operatives were hidden in the swamp. The court verdict states that Vilkov, "carrying out assistance to the police in hiding the corpse, fully understood the unlawfulness of these actions."
- Vilkov headed the Pskov branch of the Rodina party from 2015 to October 2020. He explained his departure from the post by the fact that he wanted to focus on party affairs in the regions of the north-west.