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Russian Defense Firm Fires Chief After Fraud Scandal

Sergei Khursevich

Sergei Khursevich

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19:21 14/05/2013

The board of directors of Russia's Oboronservis defense property services company, which has been tainted by a string of fraud scandals, decided on Tuesday to fire its general director Sergei Khursevich, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

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