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

The interior ministry said the charges concerned funds that had been allocated for building defensive structures in the ...

The former governor of Russia's Kursk region, Alexei Smirnov, was detained on Wednesday on suspicion of fraud, state news ...

Major scandal in Russia: The former Governor of Kursk region Alexey Smirnov has been remanded in custody for two months ...

The Russian authorities have arrested Alexey Smirnov, the former head of the country’s embattled Kursk region. Smirnov stands ...

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

Russia is close to regaining full control of its western Kursk region after pushing Ukrainian forces from one of their last ...

Acting Kursk region Governor Alexander Khinshtein invited a Russian Orthodox priest to bless his new office with holy water ...

A Moscow court on Wednesday ordered former Kursk region governor Alexei Smirnov held in custody as authorities investigate 'major fraud' allegations ahead of his June 15 trial, according to state ...

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

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed for the first time on Monday that Ukrainian troops have been active in ...