Election officials in the vast Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk today invalidated the results of this month’s local election, citing numerous campaign and electoral violations, an official said.

Russian investigators today found the black box flight recorders from a helicopter crash that killed governor Alexander Lebed and seven others.

Alexander Lebed, the governor of the Krasnoyarsk territory and a former presidential candidate, died today when his helicopter crashed after hitting a power line, Russian emergency officials said.