Yakutia Entrepreneur and Father on Trial for Enslaving Men
A mentally ill man was repeatedly beaten and restrained with chains in a cowshed by the accused.
The Nyurba District Court has begun hearing a criminal case against an entrepreneur and his father, who are accused of exploiting slave labor. According to the investigation, they forcibly made two men work on their farm in the village of Kyundyade, kept them in a cowshed, and regularly beat them. This was reported by the Telegram channel of the United Press Service of the Courts of Yakutia.
The perpetrators kept one victim in a barn as part of their forced labor scheme.
The investigation established that from March to April 2025, an individual entrepreneur, who ran a peasant farm for breeding large dairy cattle, decided with his father to forcibly detain two local residents. They made them clean cow manure and do household work. They did not pay them wages and did not provide medical care.
One of the victims was a mentally ill 54-year-old man, whom the criminals kept in a bathhouse, then began locking in a cowshed.
«To force him to work and intimidate him, he was systematically beaten. They hit him with hands, feet, used a rope and a rubber baton. In addition, he was handcuffed and chained to a stall,» the message says.
When asked why he was tied to the stall, the entrepreneur«s father explained: »Because he constantly tried to escape.«
As a result of the beatings, the victim was diagnosed with numerous rib and chest fractures, as well as multiple bodily injuries.
The second victim, a 31-year-old man, was also subjected to violence, psychological pressure, and threats of physical reprisal. But one day he managed to escape and ask for help. After that, one of the accused was taken into custody.
For using slave labor, with the use of blackmail, violence, and threats, the criminals face from 3 to 10 years of imprisonment.
