Source: US News & World Report
“The deputy governor of a Russian region bordering Ukraine has been detained as part of a criminal case involving the embezzlement of 1 billion roubles ($12.4 million) earmarked for defensive fortifications, the TASS state news agency reported. The office of Deputy Kursk Governor Vladimir Bazarov, who previously worked as deputy governor in the neighbouring Belgorod region, was being searched, TASS reported. The detention of Bazarov was confirmed by Kursk Governor Alexander Khinshtein, who said the case related to his work in the Belgorod region. … Since Ukrainian troops smashed their way across the border and entered Kursk region last year in the biggest military incursion into Russia since World War Two, a series of Russian officials have been investigated for corruption.” (08/25/25)