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Volodymyr Saldo, a former mayor of Kherson, was allegedly arrested for kidnapping in the Dominican Republic, the 112.Ukraine TV channel said with a reference to the Ukrainian Embassy in Cuba.

“A member of the Kherson city council and former Kherson Mayor Volodymyr Saldo was allegedly arrested for kidnapping in the Dominican Republic,” the report said.

Interfax-Ukraine has no confirmation of this information from the official sources.

Saldo represented the Nash Kray (Our Land) Party in the elections of the Kherson mayor in 2015, but he lost the elections. He is currently serving as a member of the Kherson city council.