MOSCOW (Reuters) - A former Russian defence minister was charged with negligence on Friday and threatened with tougher charges in a case seen as a test of President Vladimir Putin's stated determination to fight corruption but also a sign of Kremlin infighting.
Putin fired Anatoly Serdyukov, his longtime defence chief, in November 2012 after a fraud scandal involving ministry property erupted involving a female subordinate of Serdyukov who was also his neighbour. But he has so far been treated solely as a witness in that case.
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