Russia has arrested the Kursk region’s ex-governor. He oversaw the construction of anti-tank barriers — which later crumbled from rain and snow.

The Russian authorities have arrested Alexey Smirnov, the former head of the country’s embattled Kursk region. Smirnov stands accused of embezzling at least one billion rubles ($12.2 million) from state funds allocated for building border…

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