Kursk Governor Has Office Blessed After Predecessor’s Arrest on Fraud Charges

Russian governor hires priest to bless office with holy water after predecessor is arrested for embezzlement

A day after his predecessor was arrested for embezzlement, acting Kursk Governor Alexander Khinshtein had his office blessed by an Orthodox priest. “Recent developments have made it clear how deeply sinfulness has taken root within these walls,” Khinshtein wrote on Telegram.

The acting governor of the Kursk region, Alexander Khinshtein, has invited a Russian Orthodox priest to bless his office with holy water, following the arrest of his predecessor on fraud charges earlier this week, writes...

Kursk Governor Has Office Blessed After Predecessor’s Arrest on Fraud Charges

Acting Kursk region Governor Alexander Khinshtein invited a Russian Orthodox priest to bless his office with holy water following the arrest of his predecessor on fraud charges earlier this week. “I have a clear understanding of how much sinfulness has accumulated within these walls in light of recent events,” Khinshtein wrote in a message posted on Telegram Thursday.

The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow sent Alexey Dedov, Deputy Ex-Governor of the Kursk Region, to a pre-trial detention center in the case of moshen...

The Meshchansky Court in Moscow arrested Alexey Dedov, former Deputy Governor of the Kursk Region, in a case of fraud on an especially large scale (Article 159 (4) of the Criminal Code), the telegram channel of the capital's courts of general jurisdiction reports. He pleaded not guilty.