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Ex-Minister in Corruption Case Warns Kremlin Elite They Could Be Next
- Ulyukayev hits out at Rosneft head Sechin over bribery charge
- He faces 10 years in highest-profile prosecution of Putin era
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Russia’s former Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev, the highest-level official charged with corruption under President Vladimir Putin’s rule, warned the Kremlin elite that any one of them could be next in the dock.
“It was said a long time ago: send not to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee,” Ulyukayev said in a closing statement Thursday at his trial in Moscow, where he’s accused of taking a $2 million bribe. “It can toll for any one of you. It’s become very easy: a bag, a basket, a grainy video, three clicks, and it’s ready.”