Moscow, April 6, 2026 (AFP) - Russia jails former Kursk governor for 14 years over kickbacks

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Russia on Monday jailed a former governor of the Kursk border region, where Ukraine's army broke through in 2024, for 14 years over kickbacks for government contracts related to the construction of fortifications. In August 2024, Ukrainian troops stormed into the western region and held swathes of land for months, in the first military incursion into Russia by a foreign army in decades. Since then, the Kremlin has launched a sweeping corruption......

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