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Russian court orders arrest of governor suspected of taking bribe: TASS

Russian court orders arrest of governor suspected of taking bribe: TASS

By REUTERS

Governor of Kirov region Nikita Belykh, who is accused by the Investigative Committee of taking a bribe, stands inside a defendants' cage during a hearing at the Basmanny district court in Moscow, Russia, June 25, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

MOSCOW: A Russian court ordered on Saturday that Nikita Belykh, the governor of the Kirov region, should be taken into custody for two months, TASS news agency reported. Russian investigators detained Belykh on Friday, saying they had caught him accepting a bribe in a Moscow restaurant.