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MOSCOW - Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak is suspected of attempting to embezzle more than 1 billion rubles ($57.5 million) in state funds, prosecutors said.
Police detained Storchak last week, along with Viktor Zakharov, head of the firm Sodexim, and the chairman of Moscow's Interregional Investment Bank, Vadim Volkov.
They have not been formally charged with any crime.
- Reuters