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Ex-Russian basic jailed for seven years over bribes

A former high Russian basic has been jailed for seven years after being accused of taking bribes. Lt Gen Vadim Shamarin was arrested final 12 months throughout a crackdown on corruption within the defence ministry launched by the Kremlin, and was accused of taking “a very giant bribe” from a telecommunications firm. Russia’s Investigative Committee…

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French-Algerian author jailed over Morocco feedback

An Algerian courtroom has sentenced an 80-year-old author to 5 years in jail after accusing him of undermining the nation’s territorial integrity. Boualem Sansal was arrested final 12 months after saying in an interview with a far-right French media outlet that, throughout the colonial period, France gave an excessive amount of land to Algeria and…

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