Dmitry Peskov refused to provide details of the criminal charges because he allegedly did not have the authority to do so.
A number of arrests and criminal charges against officials of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is not a “campaign”. This is said to be the result of “continuous work to fight corruption.” This statement was made by Kremlin Speaker Dmitry Peskov at a briefing on Thursday, May 23.
“The fight against corruption is a constant task. It is not a campaign, it is an ongoing task. recently started against officials of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Peskov refused to provide details of the criminal charges because he said he did not have the authority to do so.
“But, of course, we are not talking about any campaign speech here. This (the fight against corruption – ed.) continues in all departments – even federal departments, even at the municipal level,” he noted.
Earlier on May 23, it became known that a military court in Moscow arrested for two months the head of the Main Directorate of Communications of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation – Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Vadim Shamarin. He is suspected of accepting bribes on a large scale.
Two days ago, the former commander of the 58th Army of the Russian Armed Forces, Ivan Popov, was arrested in Russia. He was accused of illegally selling 2 thousand tons of metal structures worth about 100 million rubles, intended for the construction of a defense line in a battle zone.
Earlier, the head of the personnel department of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Yuri Kuznetsov, was detained for bribery. During the search, 100 million rubles were found on him.
And at the end of April, Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov was placed in a pre-trial detention center under the same article.
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