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, 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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Ukraine claims enemy troops who took part in Sudzha attack were not heroes, but victims of poor military planning ...

News of the attack comes after Russian troops were reported to have almost completely expelled Ukrainian forces from the Kursk region in March. Fierce clashes first erupted in Kursk, which borders ...

Alexey Smirnov suspected of $12.1M in fraud linked to construction of defensive fortifications along border with Ukraine - ...

Russian officials said Tuesday a Ukrainian drone attack killed at least one woman and injured nine others in the city of Kursk.