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A | Canberra, Oct 11 (UNI) Two Australian men have been charged with bribing Sri Lankan officials to secure infrastructure contracts worth millions of dollars.
Australian police arrested the pair last month after a decade-long investigation spanning several countries, BBC reported.
The men, aged 67 and 71, worked for a company which has been accused of misconduct in South Asian countries, it said.
They are yet to respond to the charges and will face court.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) say the men arranged bribes of more than A$304,000 ($190,000) to government officials between 2009 and 2016.
The bribes were allegedly made in the pursuit of two Sri Lankan projects -- which police did not name -- worth A$14m.
The charges follow an investigation into SMEC International Pty Ltd, an Australian-based engineering firm, which involved authorities from the US, Canada, India and elsewhere, the BBC reported.
More arrests and charges are possible, the AFP said.
"Corruption undermines fair competition and can have disastrous consequences for developing economies, global anti-poverty and development efforts," Detective Supt Helen Schneider said.
Originally known as the Snowy Mountains Engineering Corp, SMEC was formed in 1949 to build an iconic Australian infrastructure project. It has since grown to employ 5,400 staff in many countries.
In 2017, the World Bank temporarily barred SMEC and four subsidiaries in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka from bidding for any of its contracts, the report said.
The World Bank said it had discovered evidence linking the company to suspected "inappropriate payments" in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
At the time, a spokesperson for SMEC said the allegations did not relate to any Australian projects, and that the company would continue to strengthen its corporate integrity compliance programmes.
Protests erupted in Sri Lanka this year over corruption allegations and the country's worst economic crisis in history, it said.
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综合俄新社、塔斯社等多家俄媒报道，俄罗斯前经济发展部长别洛乌索夫14日在俄联邦委员会（议会上院）会议上发言，谈及俄总统普京近日提名他担任防长，称普京给予了他很大的信任。

B | 据塔斯社报道，俄联邦委员会14日召开会议，审议普京提名别洛乌索夫担任防长事宜，别洛乌索夫在会议上发言。“俄罗斯联邦总统弗拉基米尔·弗拉基米罗维奇·普京给予了我很大信任”，别洛乌索夫在会议上称，他充分意识到，自己在国家、俄罗斯人民、俄罗斯总统面前应承担的责任。5月14日，别洛乌索夫在俄联邦委员会（议会上院）会议上发言。图源：俄媒俄新社报道称，别洛乌索夫还承诺尽全力完成既定任务，如果有需要，他会为此献出生命。《俄罗斯商业咨询日报》报道称，别洛乌索夫补充称，他一直坚持“可以犯错但不可以说谎”的原则，将来也会坚持这一原则。《俄罗斯商业咨询日报》称，他说完这句话后，现场响起了掌声。根据俄罗斯政府网站此前公开的信息，别洛乌索夫出生于1959年3月，经济学博士，曾担任俄总统助理、经济发展部长等职务。根据俄联邦委员会当地时间5月12日在社交媒体上发布的消息，普京当天向俄联邦委员会提交了新一届联邦政府有关部门负责人提名名单。其中，普京提名别洛乌索夫担任俄国防部长。据俄总统网站当地时间14日晚发布的消息，普京签令，批准了新一届政府成员和各部门负责人名单。其中，别洛乌索夫担任国防部长。