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Ex-mayor arrested on charges of discrediting Russian army

FILE - Yekaterinburg mayor Yevgeny Roizman, left, speaks to the crowd during a protest against official plans to cancel direct mayoral elections in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on April 2, 2018. The former mayor of Russia's fourth largest city was arrested on Wednesday Aug. 24, 2022 on charges of discrediting the country's military, the latest move in the authorities crackdown on critics of Moscow's action in Ukraine. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Yekaterinburg mayor Yevgeny Roizman talks to The Associated Press in his office in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on Feb. 12, 2018. The former mayor of Russia's fourth largest city was arrested on Wednesday Aug. 24, 2022 on charges of discrediting the country's military, the latest move in the authorities crackdown on critics of Moscow's action in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Nataliya Vasilyeva, File)

Ex-mayor arrested on charges of discrediting Russian army