Posted on 07/18/2024 9:29:49 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
A top Russian general has been formally dismissed from his post after being arrested on bribery charges in May, according to Russian state media.
Lt Gen Vadim Shamarin was arrested amid a wider crackdown on corruption in the defence ministry and was accused of taking "a particularly large bribe" from a telecommunications company.
Prior to his arrest he had served as deputy chief of the army’s general staff overseeing the signals corps and military communications.
Prosecutors have accused him of taking bribes between April 2016 and October 2023 to ensure an increase in orders from the company's factory.
A military court in Moscow will decide later on Thursday whether to extend his pre-trial detention until October.
His lawyer, Igor Dyukin, told the RIA Novosti outlet that authorities had seized his client's car - a Mercedes - and frozen his salary card.
Lt Gen Shamarin was arrested amid a wider crackdown on senior military officials. A host of senior defence ministry staff has been detained in recent months, including Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov and Lt Gen Yuri Kuznetsov, head of the defence ministry’s personnel directorate.
It comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed his long-term Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu in May.
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Our generals and politicians get promoted for taking bribes. The ones who don’t get rejected by the Pentagon and GOPe / DNCe
I wish we could fire our generals in America.
I’m glad there’s no corruption in the Pentagon/MIC. They’d be firing the MIC corruptocrats if there was, right?
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Gee....there are things to like about Russia except for the way Putin assassinates his enemies....oh wait....
Not our problem.
That is one flabby tub of feces. Geez dude... some pride. Even Ike didn’t look like Jaba the Hutt when he was President....
Put down the donuts and twinkies and hit the f’ing gym.
To be fair - marcus likes the BBC.
Milley Vanilli doesn’t miss many meals...
Still enamored with the BBC, I see.
And Ukraine is still losing the war.
Meanwhile, leader of SS stays in office despite organizing an assassination attempt.
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In Russia corruption is OK—too a point. But in times of war it is not acceptable and can get one killed—fast.
Arresting Russian generals for bribery is like Lieutenant Renault closing down Rick’s Cafe because he is SHOCKED! to learn there is gambling going on.
looks like a lot of treason is going on and now they don’t even bother to hide it much. These folks must to be tried in a court of law and if found guilty, warm up the electric chair.
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