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Russian governor detained after being caught taking bribe: investigators
Source: Reuters
World | Fri Jun 24, 2016 11:56am EDT
Russian governor detained after being caught taking bribe: investigators
Russian prosecutors have launched a criminal case against Nikita Belykh, the governor of the Kirov region, who was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe in a Moscow restaurant, the Investigative Committee's spokesman said on Friday.
There is no political subtext to the case against Belykh, who is accused of taking a bribe of 400,000 euros ($444,240), Vladimir Markin, the spokesman, said in a statement.
Belykh has been critical of the Kremlin and was formerly leader of a liberal opposition party.
(Reporting by Alexander Winning; Writing by Dmitry Solovyov)
Russian governor detained after being caught taking bribe: investigators
Russian prosecutors have launched a criminal case against Nikita Belykh, the governor of the Kirov region, who was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe in a Moscow restaurant, the Investigative Committee's spokesman said on Friday.
There is no political subtext to the case against Belykh, who is accused of taking a bribe of 400,000 euros ($444,240), Vladimir Markin, the spokesman, said in a statement.
Belykh has been critical of the Kremlin and was formerly leader of a liberal opposition party.
(Reporting by Alexander Winning; Writing by Dmitry Solovyov)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-governor-idUSKCN0ZA2XB?il=0
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