Corruption
High-ranking police officials arrested in Kabardino-Balkaria on corruption charges
Twelve high-ranking police officials in the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria have been arrested on suspicion of participating in a criminal community. On 30 May, Russian Interior Ministry spokesperson Irina Volk announced on Russian TV channel REN-TV that officers from the Internal Security Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs ‘conducted a special operation to suppress the activities of a criminal group consisting of officials of the Ministry of the Interior of Kabardino-Bal