| Russian news reports say police have arrested the | | | | prosecutors had dropped a criminal case against him |
| governor of a mineral-rich region on suspicion of | | | | for lack of evidence. |
| embezzlement. | | | | The RIA-Novosti news service says the probe |
| The reports say Alexi Barinov, governor of the | | | | centers on allegations that Barinov used his post at |
| Nenets autonomous region in Russia's Arctic, is in | | | | Lukoil to purchase several apartments illegally through |
| police custody and has begun a hunger strike. | | | | the company. |
| Prosecutors reportedly opened a case against | | | | A Barinov spokesman has denied the charges. |
| Barinov last week. The suspect was previously the | | | | Some information for this report was provided by |
| chief executive officer for a unit of the oil company | | | | Reuters. |
| Lukoil. Barinov said last week that while at Lukoil | | | | |