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Shocking video shows CEO with service dog being knocked out by illegal Russian Uber driver
New York Post ^ | Aug. 21, 2025 | Ariel Zilber and Natalie O'Neill

Posted on 08/21/2025 10:01:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A Russian Uber driver working illegally in the US was caught on camera head-butting a South Carolina CEO as he held his service dog, leaving the knocked-out rider with a brain injury, according to the victim and a new lawsuit.

Charleston-based CEO Bryan Kobel, 45, canceled a ride home from a French restaurant, Maison, in April because the driver refused to take his service dog, Kobel told The Post on Thursday. Disturbing surveillance footage shows the driver — identified as Vadim Uliumdzhiev, 42 — suddenly marching over and knocking out Kobel as he holds his 17-pound golden doodle in the parking lot. “The next thing I know, I’m waking up in a hospital bed with seven staples in my head and four stitches,” Kobel said. “It’s been a brutal experience to this day.” Kobel, who is the CEO of a biotech company, suffered a concussion, amnesia, and scarring— and soon learned from cops the driver had gotten the Uber job with a fake license, he said.

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KEYWORDS: aliens; bryankobel; charleston; russia; russianstooges; southcarolina; uber; vadimuliumdzhiev

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To: GOPJ

A Russian Uber driver working illegally in the US was caught on camera ...

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This is the money quote.


21 posted on 08/22/2025 3:43:44 AM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: GOPJ

Bingo. The hammer needs to fall hard on any company employing illegal aliens.


22 posted on 08/22/2025 3:55:34 AM PDT by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower. )
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To: nickcarraway

What sort of “service” does a 17 pound golden doodle provide?


23 posted on 08/22/2025 4:17:15 AM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: Rightwing Conspiratr1

Probably just emotional support for PTSD or some other mental illness


24 posted on 08/22/2025 4:33:54 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: nickcarraway

And he’s driving an Audi?! Uber biz must be pretty good.


25 posted on 08/22/2025 4:47:42 AM PDT by albie
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To: nickcarraway

A 17Lb golden doodle? Must be a puppy in training.


26 posted on 08/22/2025 5:11:49 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: nickcarraway

Recall all the illegal immigrants with the fake SS#s? They were forgiven for the document forgery? Had American citizens done the same thing, there would have been legal consequences.


27 posted on 08/22/2025 5:36:05 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: nickcarraway

Not to (necessarily) defend Uber, but it’s not hard to identify a fake license these days - all one needs is a link to DMV databases (hell, bars and stores are doing it now), and given Real ID these days, you can likely also determine if the person can legally work in the country from the same databases. So if Uber is missing a step as easy as verifying a driver’s license, there will be a lot more of these stories, rather than just the head-butting by our enemy of the day.

So there’s more to this story. My guess is that this guy was never screened by Uber but instead is using the account of a friend, who is legal. So Uber needs to do something about that and my suggestion is to include a large picture of the person who is supposed to pick you up (along with a warning not to take a ride with anyone else), rather than just a car description and I think a small picture.


28 posted on 08/22/2025 5:58:28 AM PDT by BobL
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To: nickcarraway

islam hates dogs.


29 posted on 08/22/2025 7:15:54 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (US spending on Ukraine over 3.5 years exceeds the all military aid to Israel over 77 years. - Grok)
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To: nickcarraway

what the heck is wrong with people?


30 posted on 08/22/2025 7:29:27 AM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: frank ballenger

“Muslims are usually accepting of the exception of dogs as service animals or for agricultural work purposes such as sheep dogs. Not as pets.”

Yeah, they are still idiots. Everyone else calls them man’s best friend. They hate dogs. That about says it all.

And it isn’t that Muslims believe dogs’ saliva is impure, that’s just a reverse engineered excuse. The actual reason is that Mohammad had a homo boyfriend who would sneak into his tent at night. The dog would growl and bark, so he came out with this “dogs are haram” policy.


31 posted on 08/22/2025 7:35:41 AM PDT by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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