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Energy company linked to corruption scandal files for bankruptcy

... the daughter of the ex-President of Angola, Isabel dos Santos, has declared insolvency. This happened after a court of the Netherlands found that the owner had acquired the assets of the company in the amount of € 650 million as a result of a major corruption transaction. International arbitration ordered to return the assets to the Angolan Sonangol state fuel corporation. The Exem Energy’s case was actively pursued by the international consortium of journalists ICIJ. The materials of the court ...

Russian priest sentenced to 18 years in prison over sexual molestation of minors

Hieromonk Spiridon from the Jewish Autonomous Region was sentenced to 18 years in prison for sexual molestation of more than 50 boys. His assistant (a bell ringer) also was sentenced to imprisonment. Spiridon (Yuri Abramov) will serve his sentence in a strict regime colony - there are 51 cases of child molestation committed by him. What is more, the priest was banned for teaching activities for 8 years. His accomplice, the bell ringer (Sergei Moos), was sentenced to 12 years of strict regime, and...

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