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

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

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, Alexei Smirnov, was detained on Wednesday on suspicion of fraud, state news ...

The report follows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's claim that 150 Chinese mercenaries are serving with Russian ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed for the first time that Ukrainian troops have been active in Russia's ...