A court in Kursk Oblast, Russia, sentences former governor Alexei Smirnov to 14 years in prison for defrauding the government by embezzling public funds intended for building fortifications along the Russia–Ukraine border.
The development was among the significant crime stories being followed from World. Contemporary coverage attributed the principal details to Bloomberg on 6 April 2026.
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