On Wednesday, a Moscow court jailed former Kursk Governor Alexey Smirnov on charges of embezzling funds allocated to the region’s defenses on the border with Ukraine. According to Internal Affairs Ministry spokesperson Irina Volk, Smirnov and…
He was the governor of Russia’s Kursk region when Ukraine launched a surprise incursion. Now, Alexey Smirnov is in jail facing embezzlement charges.
