Aleksei B. Smirnov, together with his deputy and other accomplices, was accused of embezzling money earmarked for building ...

The former governor of Russia's Kursk region, parts of which were seized by Ukrainian forces in August 2024, has been ...

The former governor of Russia's Kursk region, parts of which were seized by Ukrainian forces in August 2024, was detained on ...

Former Kursk governor Alexei Smirnov has been detained and charged with embezzling funds meant for constructing defences. This follows a Ukrainian incursion into Kursk in August 2024. Smirnov, along ...

The former governor of Russia's Kursk region, Alexei Smirnov, was detained on Wednesday on suspicion of fraud, state news agency TASS reported. Smirnov was head of the western region when Ukrainian ...

Former Kursk region governor, Alexei Smirnov, was detained on suspicion of embezzling funds designated for building defences. Smirnov led the region during a period of Ukrainian incursion. The scandal ...

A Moscow court sent former Kursk Oblast Governor Alexei Smirnov to a two-month pre-trial detention center on April 16 in ...

Kyiv forces hit Russia's Kursk region that borders Ukraine with dozens of drones, killing an elderly woman, injuring nine people and sparking fries in several buildings in the region's administrative ...

An elderly woman has been killed and nine people injured after Ukraine launched a "massive" drone attack on the border region ...

The failure of Ukraine’s NATO-backed invasion of Russian territory has intensified infighting within the Ukrainian ruling class and state.

Russian glide bombs and artillery struck a city in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, killing one person and wounding nine others ...