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Russian Governor Arrested For Suspected Embezzlement
May 23, 2006
Putin, shown here on May 10 delivering his state-of-the-nation address, has vowed to crack down on corruption (ITAR-TASS)
Alexei Barinov, governor of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug in Russia's Arctic, is accused of misappropriating around $700,000 when he was the head of a geological prospecting company.
The arrrest comes just days after President Vladimir Putin said he would crack down on corrupt officials.
(AP, Reuters)