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Husband of jailed Russian blogger signs up for Ukraine war to secure her release
Alexei Blinovsky reported to have joined unit popular with politicians and VIPs keen to curry favour with the Kremlin
When his wife, a prominent Russian Instagram influencer, was threatened with years of imprisonment over tax evasion charges, Alexei Blinovsky opted for what seemed the most viable means to secure her freedom in Russia today: he joined Vladimir Putin’s military campaign in Ukraine.
Months earlier, his wife, Yelena Blinovskaya, a former beauty queen turned famous self-help coach, made a last-ditch attempt to escape the country, but was arrested on the border with Belarus and charged with large-scale tax evasion.
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