Russian defense stops are sentenced to prison for a millionth

Several high -ranking Russian military were arrested last year on suspicion of corruption and fraud. The charges followed the petition of Defense Minister Sergei Sjojgu, who never succeeded in the invasion war in Ukraine in port. Of Assessor were seen the investigations as part of a purge Ordered from a higher place in the Kremlin.

On Thursday, the verdict fell against one of the men. A court in Moscow then sentenced the former deputy chief of Russia’s general staff Vadim Sjamarin to seven years in a penalty colony. According to the court, he has received a multi -million amount in bribes, writes independently Moscow Times.

The 53-year-old must have been paid to secure state procurement for a company that manufactures communication equipment. Crime was underway according to the court between 2019 and 2023. For most of the time, Sjamarin was responsible for the military’s communication channel, including for secretly stamped information.

This week has Russian authorities also targeted new criminal charges against persons who have fallen in disarray with President Putin.

This time it is Alexei Smirnov, the ex -governor of Russian Kursk, who received harsh criticism when Ukraine surprisingly managed to occupy parts of the region. Together with a former employee, he is suspected to have embezzled money that would have gone to consolidate the border with Ukraine.

According to the American think tank Isw The charges are part of the Kremlin’s attempt to find a scapegoat to blame the previous failure in Kursk on. In December, Smirnov left the governor’s post and since then Russia has taken back control of much of the region.