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Kamchatka court overturns convictions of Kronotsky Nature Reserve employees jailed for embezzlement

Source: TASS

A Kamchatka court has overturned the convictions of four Kronotsky Nature Reserve employees who were previously convicted of embezzling federal funds, according to Russian state media.

The defendants, Darya Panicheva, Roman Korchigin, Oksana Terekhova, and Nikolai Pozdnyakov, were released on their own recognizance on Tuesday. The case has been returned to a lower court for reconsideration.

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