Politics● Elevated5d ago · Oct 29, 2026, 6:16 PM
Russia opens treason case against 76-year-old former Communist faction leader over alleged Ukrainian intelligence ties
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Meduza [en] · Eastern Europe
Gennady Stepakhno, a former deputy speaker of the Murmansk Regional Duma, is under criminal investigation for treason, the regional branch of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said.
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