Yesterday, 03:34 AM
An effective way to deal with corruption during war.
Very analogues to the situation across the border in Sumy, except in Sumy nobody has been found responsible.
Quote:Before that, Starovoit had served as governor of the Kursk region for almost six years, until May 2024.https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7nvxzrvr0o
The region was partly seized by Ukrainian troops in August 2024 in a surprise offensive. Moscow only recently managed to drive out the Ukrainian forces, although in late June Kyiv said it was still holding a small area of territory inside Russia.
Starovoit's successor, Aleksey Smirnov, was only in post for a short while. He was arrested in April and was later accused of embezzling funds that had been allocated for the building of fortifications on the border with Ukraine.
According to Russian outlet Kommersant, Starovoit was about to be brought in as a defendant in the same case.
Very analogues to the situation across the border in Sumy, except in Sumy nobody has been found responsible.