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Twenty-two people went on trial in France on Monday on charges of murder and other serious crimes centered on members of a Masonic lodge accused of running hit squads.

Freemason police officers stated that they never provided or received special treatment due to their membership in the secretive organization.

Media says they have confirmed that two seemingly different figures — Vadim Polezhaev, a longtime Russian “black PR” political operative once close to Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin, and Vadim Polezhaev, deputy head of the Moscow City Court’s press service — are in fact the same person.