Police: Russian Kotov voluntarily worked on a peasant farm in Kazakhstan 
Russian Aleksey Kotov denied information that he was allegedly held for 20 years in labor slavery in Kazakhstan. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the Kazakh police.
According to the department, Kotov, during interrogation in the presence of employees of the Russian consulate, said that he was on the territory of a peasant farm and worked voluntarily. In addition, he used a cell phone and was able to leave the farm at any time.
The police added that the man refused to file a statement against the owner of the farm, explaining that he had no claims against him. He called the return home the sole purpose of his video message.
The Russian Embassy in Kazakhstan on the Facebook page said that Kotov had confirmed his desire to return to his homeland. Now he, accompanied by the embassy staff, is heading to Nur-Sultan, from where he will fly to Moscow, where his sister will meet him. According to the Russian, he intends to leave for his small homeland in the Yaroslavl region, where he is going to “arrange his life.” Yamskiy district, Yaroslavl region, claims that he is in captivity, and asks his parents to help him get out of Kazakhstan. Later, the police detained the suspect in illegal imprisonment and opened a criminal case against him.
Later it became known that the deputy of the city council of Yaroslavl Dmitry Sokolov decided to help Kotov and flew to Kazakhstan. It is noted that, together with the Russian consul, he is deciding the issue of Alexei's return home.