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Russia's Ex-National Guard Uniform Chief Jailed for 8 Years Over $70,000 Bribe

A Russian court has sentenced a colonel from Rosgvardiya to eight years in prison for taking a 6 million-ruble ($71,134) bribe from a contractor who never fulfilled its multibillion-ruble contract. The man is stripped of his military rank and the bribe money, in addition to receiving a court-mandated 6.7 million ruble ($79,430) fine.

Russia's Ex-National Guard Uniform Chief Jailed for 8 Years Over $70,000 Bribe

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Hurricane Polo grew into a Category 5 storm Tuesday in the eastern Pacific off southwestern Mexico and was forecast to bring heavy rain to southwestern Mexico but remain offshore.

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