Trial of Karachayevsk ex-mayor to start on Friday

Soltan Semyonov, ex-Mayor of Karachayevsk, will stand trial at the Karachayevsk City Court on Friday, said a spokesman for the Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessia Marat Janibekov, Interfax reports.The ex-mayor is suspected of wasting 19.5 million rubles of budget funds.

Soltan Semyonov, ex-Mayor of Karachayevsk, will stand trial at the Karachayevsk City Court on Friday, said a spokesman for the Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessia Marat Janibekov, Interfax reports.

The ex-mayor is suspected of wasting 19.5 million rubles of budget funds.