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 ...

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

A Ukrainian drone attack killed an 85-year-old woman and injured nine people in the Russian city of Kursk near the border ...

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

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

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

This is a very serious group that could otherwise spread out and attack us from different directions,' says Ukrainian ...

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 - ...

Aleksei B. Smirnov, together with his deputy and other accomplices, was accused of embezzling money earmarked for building defenses that failed to prevent a Ukrainian attack in Kursk. By Ivan ...