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Former Interior Ministry chief of Yekaterinburg killed in Ukraine

Igor Trifonov, a convicted criminal and the former head of the Yekaterinburg branch of Russia’s Interior Ministry, was killed fighting in Ukraine, Russian state-controlled media Kommersant wrote on Jan. 3, citing Trifonov’s lawyer. Trifonov, who served as the head of the Yekaterinburg branch of Russia’s Interior Ministry from 2011-2017, was convicted on bribery and weapons […]