
Former Kursk Region Governor Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison
Smirnov, who served as governor of the Kursk region from May to December 2024, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after being arrested last year along with his first deputy.
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Smirnov, who served as governor of the Kursk region from May to December 2024, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after being arrested last year along with his first deputy.

Bivši guverner ruske Kurske oblasti Aleksej Smirnov osuđen je danas na 14 godina zatvora u kaznenoj koloniji zbog primanja mita u vezi sa vladinim ugo

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Vignir Vatnar Stefánsson secured the top position among Icelandic players at the Reykjavík Open chess tournament held in Harpa, finishing 23rd overall with six points out of nine possible.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has again stated that the US is conditioning strong security guarantees for Ukraine on Kyiv ceding the entire eastern Donbas region to Russia, a demand Ukraine firmly rejects, asserting it will not give up territory.
UPDATE 8:55 În noaptea de 20 martie, armata rusă a atacat cu 156 de drone de atac de tip Shahed, Gerbera, Italmás și alte tipuri de UAV-uri din direcțiile: Breansk, Orel, Kursk, Șatalovo, Millerovo,…
Russia has sentenced five Ukrainian prisoners of war to 15 to 18 years in prison for their alleged involvement in a 2024 incursion into Kursk.

Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has described a military parade in Pyongyang featuring "Kursk veterans" as a propaganda show and warned the international community about the dangers of cooperation between North Korea and Russia.
Ukrainian forces have engaged in 120 combat clashes since dawn, reporting active operations and some success in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors.

Beni Mellal – Russia exported its first shipment of salted pork casings to Morocco from the Kursk region on February 16, under the supervision of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor). The consignment weighed 22.2 tons and was dispatched from a processing facility in the Oktyabrsky district of Kursk Oblast. The shipment […] The post Russia Ships First Pork Casings Batch to Morocco From Kursk appeared first on Morocco World News.

Tribunalul raional Leninski din Kursk l-a condamnat pe fostul guvernator al regiunii Kursk, Alexei Smirnov, la 14 ani de închisoare într-o colonie de regim strict și la o amendă de 400 de milioane de…
The former governor of Kursk has been sentenced to 14 years in prison in Russia for accepting kickbacks.

A Russian drone attack on a market in Nikopol, Ukraine, resulted in five fatalities and 19 injuries, including a 14-year-old girl. Ukrainian authorities have condemned the incident as another war crime.

French anti-terrorism prosecutors have opened an investigation into a suspected attack targeting Bank of America’s Paris headquarters, following new arrests and ongoing probes into potential Islamist links, with suspicions now pointing towards Iran's Revolutionary Guards.

Massive Russian drone attacks over the past 24 hours, described as the largest one-day blitz of the war, have killed at least seven people and injured 30 across Ukraine, with a rare daytime strike hitting a historic building in Lviv.

A guest commentary criticizes the Federal Council's proposed administrative simplification in agriculture, arguing it should not come at the cost of increased environmental burden.
Icy conditions are prevalent on roads across Iceland, posing dangers to travelers. A truck went off the ring road near Þelamerkurskóli overnight, leading to road closures.
In response to the parade of North Korean troops who fought against Ukraine in Kursk, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi recalled the danger of cooperation between North Korea and Russia.

Ukrainian drone strikes in the border regions of Belgorod and Kursk, Western Russia, have resulted in two deaths, according to authorities.
Drone operators from Ukraine's 80th Separate Air Assault Galician Brigade have successfully destroyed a significant Russian depot containing UAVs, related equipment, ammunition, and vehicles in Russia's Kursk region.

Az odesszai támadásban egy gyerek is meghalt.
Bývalý gubernátor Kurskej oblasti Alexej Smirnov dostal za úplatky pri výstavbe pohraničných opevnení 14 rokov väzenia. Priznal sa a prišiel aj o majetok.
Prosecutors have requested a court to sentence former Kursk Governor Alexei Smirnov to 15 years in a maximum-security prison on bribery charges.

Former Kursk Governor Alexei Smirnov testified against his predecessor, Roman Starovoit, in a corruption trial related to border defense. Smirnov entered a plea bargain after alleging that Starovoit received millions of rubles in a kickback scheme.
UAV operators from Ukraine's Steel Border brigade successfully destroyed a warehouse containing Russian Molniya drones and a launch site in the Kursk and Northern Slobozhanshchyna directions.

Officials said the attacks targeted "residential buildings, educational institutions, businesses and critical infrastructure."

Since the beginning of the year, the situation on the Ukrainian front has improved, with Ukrainian armed forces recapturing more territory than the invader has seized for the first time since the Kursk operation.

Authorities said a 25-year-old working at an auto repair shop was killed. Another employee and two customers were hospitalized with shrapnel wounds.

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Vladimir Lukin was found guilty of siphoning off $2 million intended for the construction of fortifications near the border with Ukraine.