Dokument #1399590

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Former Head Of Russia's Mari El Region Detained On Bribery Charges

April 13, 2017 11:29 GMT
RFE/RL

A Russian regional governor who was dismissed by President Vladimir Putin last week has been detained on charges of bribe-taking.

Lawyers for the former Mari El region chief, Leonid Markelov, and a businessman accused of giving him a bribe said on April 13 that Markelov was expected to be brought to Moscow and that searches were being conducted.

The Kremlin said on April 6 that Putin had accepted Markelov's resignation and dismissed him, giving no explanation for the move.

Markelov, 53, had led Mari El -- a region on the Volga River with a population of 700,000 -- since 2001.

On April 4, Putin fired the head of the nearby Udmurtia region after he was arrested on charges of bribe-taking.

With reporting by Interfax and RIA Novosti

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ecoi.net-Beschreibung:
Mari El: Ehemaliger Gouverneur der Republik, der vor wenigen Tagen von Präsident Putin aus dem Amt entlassen worden war, wurde nun unter Verdacht der Annahme von Bestechungsgeldern festgenommen
Land:
Russische Föderation
Quelle:
RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Autor)
Veröffentlicht:
13. April 2017
Originallink:
http://www.rferl.org/a/russia-mari-el-chief-detained-bribery/28427574.html
Dokumentart:
Medienbericht
Sprache:
Englisch
Dokument-ID:
1399590 (frühere ID 340298)

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