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Russian court sentences former governor to 14 years in prison for corruption
He admitted taking more than 20 million rubles in bribes from contractors tied to border fortifications, prosecutors said.
- On Monday, a Kursk court sentenced former Governor Alexei Smirnov to 14 years in a maximum-security prison for bribery and fined him 400 million rubles for defrauding the government.
- Smirnov's conviction stems from a corruption saga involving public funds meant for defense fortifications along the border with Ukraine, where investigators accused him of embezzling money for construction projects.
- Prosecutors linked Smirnov to kickbacks including 12.9 million rubles received with deputy Alexei Dedov and roughly 8 million rubles from regional legislator Maxim Vasiliev; he admitted to accepting more than 20 million rubles in bribes.
- Despite a plea agreement, Smirnov's sentence nearly met the 15 years state prosecutors requested; he testified against predecessor Roman Starovoit, alleging Starovoit received 100 million rubles in kickbacks.
- The broader corruption saga includes Starovoit's death in Moscow last July amid corruption probes, while construction executives have received seven to nine years in prison for related defense fortification fraud.
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The former Gourverneur was found guilty in the corruption proceedings surrounding the construction of inferior defence facilities on the border with Ukraine. His predecessor is already dead.
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A Russian court sentenced former Kursk Oblast Governor Alexei Smirnov to 14 years in prison and a fine of 400 million rubles (108 million crowns) on Monday for taking bribes in connection with the construction of a fortification on the Russian-Ukrainian border, TASS reported.
Ex-Head of Russia’s Kursk Region Gets 14 Years in Jail for Graft
The former governor of Russia’s Kursk region, who was in office during Ukraine’s 2024 incursion into the border area, was sentenced to 14 years in prison on bribery charges linked to wartime fortification contracts.
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