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Former Kursk Governor Sentenced to 14 Years in Landmark Corruption Scandal.
April 6, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Alexei Smirnov, the former governor of Russia's Kursk region, has been sentenced to 14 years in a penal colony for accepting bribes linked to substandard border fortifications that failed to stop the 2024 Ukrainian incursion.

