Russian court orders arrest of governor suspected of taking bribe: TASS
The Himalayan Times
By REUTERS
Published: 05:46 pm Jun 25, 2016
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.
