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MOSCOW - Former chief executive of telecoms company VimpelCom Ltd.'s Russia unit, Mikhail Slobodin, has been put on a federal wanted list after being declared a person of interest in a bribery investigation, TASS news agency reported.

Mr. Slobodin resigned late Sept. 5 following the declaration by Russia’s Investigative Committee, the country’s chief investigative body. It didn’t say if Mr. Slobodin was suspected of any wrongdoing.

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