URGENT: Russian finance official Storchak charged with attempted fraud

MOSCOW, April 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak has been charged with attempted fraud 18 months after he was arrested, the Prosecutor General's Office said on Thursday.

Storchak, who oversaw foreign debt talks at the ministry and was a key figure in Russia's talks with the Paris Club, was detained in November 2007 and accused of attempting to embezzle $43 million from the state.