Former Yeltsin aide arrested

MOSCOW - A former adviser to President Boris Yeltsin has been arrested in Warsaw after a joint operation by Russian and Polish…

MOSCOW - A former adviser to President Boris Yeltsin has been arrested in Warsaw after a joint operation by Russian and Polish police, Itar-Tass news agency reported yesterday.

Mr Sergei Stankevich, who is also a former deputy mayor of Moscow, will be detained for 30 days while a Polish court decides whether to deport him to Russia to face bribery charges, Tass said.

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