Russian Deputy Chief of the General Staff Gen-Lt Vadim Shamarin was reported on May 23, 2024 as having been detained on suspicion of taking large bribes. He faces charges under article 290 part 6 of the russian Criminal Code (taking a bribe on a particularly large scale), the UK Defense Intelligence reports.
This follows recent arrests of other senior russian Ministry of Defense (MOD) figures also suspected of corruption namely Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov and Head of Personnel Yury Kuznetsov.
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These arrests have all occurred since Sergei Shoygu was dismissed from his post as Defense Minister on May 12, 2024. Vadim Shamarin has headed the russian MOD Directorate of Communications since 2021. One of his predecessors in this role, Gen-Col Khalil Arslanov, was also prosecuted on corruption charges back in 2020. Corruption is deeply rooted in the russian MOD, and it is likely that there will be further arrests.
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