Convicted Russian ex-mayor cuts jail time by agreeing to fight in Ukraine

Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on January 14, 2024
A disgraced former Russian mayor convicted over bribery had his prison sentence cut short after signing a contract to fight with Russia's military in Ukraine. Oleg Gumenyuk, who served as mayor of the far eastern city of Vladivostok between 2018 and 2021, was convicted last year of accepting bribes worth $432,000 and sentenced to...

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Published on January 11, 2024 -  01:54
'Fear is always present': Russian border city evacuates hundreds of children
A train carrying hundreds of children leaves the Russian city of Belgorod near the border with Ukraine after weeks of deadly shelling by Kyiv's forces. It is one of the biggest civilian evacuations on Russian soil since Moscow launched its Ukraine offensive in February last year. Yelena Gokova, one of hundreds of parents escorting their children to the station, says that she "decided to choose the lesser of two evils" by agreeing to an offer by authorities to send them to children's camps further from the border.

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