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muriel_volestrangler

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Thu Jan 14, 2016, 12:15 PM Jan 2016

Russia highway robbery: Official 'stole 50km road'

A senior prison official has been detained in Russia accused of stealing a 50km (31-mile) length of highway.

Police said Alexander Protopopov, acting deputy chief of Russia's prison service, oversaw the dismantling of the road in the far-northern Komi region.

He then sold off its 7,000 reinforced concrete slabs for personal profit, they added.

Officials believe the scheme cost the government more than 6m roubles ($79,000; £54,000).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35312492
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