The military prosecutor’s office requested 12 years for General Shamarin

Twelve years of strict regime with the deprivation of military rank, awards and a fine of 108 million rubles-such a punishment was requested by the main military prosecutor’s office (GVP) for the former deputy chief of the General Staff-the head of the Main Communication Department (GUS) of the Ministry of Defense of Lieutenant General Vadim Shamarin. The person accused of receiving bribes in the amount of 36 million rubles, fully pleaded guilty. The defense of the defendant, who entered into a pre -trial agreement on cooperation, called the requested term “breathtaking”.

To support the 53-year-old Vadim Shamarin, whose case was listed on March 25 in closed mode in the Moscow garrison military court, came the wife and eldest son, as well as several friends. The end of the hearing did not have to wait long: after 40 minutes, the participants in the process left the hall.

As it turned out later, during this time, the Justice Colonel Yevgeny Donskoy from the GVP managed to request a 12-year term for the defendant, lawyers performed in the debate of the parties, and the defendant said the last word. The punishment requested for the defendant, according to the prosecutor’s office, must serve in a maximum security colony. The state prosecutor proposed to appoint him to Mr. Shamarin for two episodes of receiving bribes on an especially large scale (part 6 of article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation; from 8 to 15 years of imprisonment) from the leadership of the Perm telephone plant TETTA – for the amount of 26 million and 10 million rubles.

According to the Main Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee, General Shamarin received an illegal reward totaling 36 million rubles. For the fact that in 2019–2023 the Ministry of Defense entered into contracts for the supply of communication devices for 1.4 billion rubles with TETTA. Kommersants paid him “for increasing the volume and cost of supplied products”, as well as for general protection. Following the terms of the pre -trial agreement on cooperation, Mr. Shamarin testified to other high -ranking military, which also participated in corruption schemes. In particular, the former head of the 1st Directorate of the GUS Major General Alexander Ogloblin, whose case is on charges of receiving a bribe in the amount of 12 million rubles. Now he is obvious in the 235th garrison military court. The “kickbacks” of the merchants paid the military for the conclusion of state contracts with their enterprises.

The Moscow Garrison Military Court considered the case against Mr. Shamarin in a special order, which allows the defendant to count on a milder period. At the same time, the presence of a transaction with the prosecutor’s office suggests that the court cannot impose more than half of the maximum punishment, in the case of Mr. Shamarin – from 7.5 to 15 years, provided for a bribe on an especially large scale.

However, since he was blamed for two episodes, one of them the prosecutor demanded for the defendant for 6.5 years, and for the second – seven years, proposing to appoint 12 years of strict regime. Also, Colonel of the Donskoy demanded to deprive Mr. Shamarin the title of Lieutenant General and all state awards-orders “For Merit to the Fatherland” III and IV degrees, Alexander Nevsky, as well as medals. As an additional punishment, he asked to impose a fine, three times the size of a bribe, 108 million rubles to the defendant.

The defenders of the defendant Vladimir Shelupakhin and Evgeny Druzhkov expressed disagreement with the requested punishment, calling the proposed term “breathtaking”. “This is a catastrophically a lot,” commented on Kommersant Mr. Shepakhin the performance of the procedural opponent. He noted that the appointment of soft punishment to the “pre -trials” should stimulate them on cooperation with the investigation. “Otherwise, this will not serve as an example for others. Other defendants will look and say: “Why do we need this?”, The lawyer remarked.

Mr. Shepakhin emphasized that, despite the severity of incriminated crimes, the actions of his client “did not bring real damage”, did not affect the country’s defense capabilities and the work of communications forces. In turn, Mr. Druzhkov drew attention to the fact that out of almost three dozen volumes of the criminal case, two made up positive characteristics on his client. Lawyers asked the court to appoint the general a minimum possible punishment, not related to imprisonment, taking into account his help to the investigation, as well as the presence of the elderly mother and sister-disabled. They also recalled that their client, who previously petitioned for sending to his, but did not receive an answer, did not lose hope of going to the combat zone and atone for the service of the Motherland. Recall that in the case of receipt of the state unit, the defendant may be released from punishment.

Mr. Shamarin himself in the last word once again stated that he was repenting and pleading guilty. The verdict will be announced on April 17.

Maria Lokotetsk