Posted on 02/22/2008 8:52:06 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Head of Russia’s Army Housing Service found dead
The Russian Prosecutor’s General Office is investigating the death of a senior officer. General- Colonel Viktor Vlasov was the acting head of the army's housing service at the Defence Ministry.
According to the Ria Novosti news agency, the General was found dead in his Moscow office on Thursday morning. A gun was found next to his body.
The 57-year-old Vlasov took the position in 2007.
”A criminal investigation has been launched into the suicide of the acting head of army's housing service General-Colonel Viktor Vlasov. An investigation group has been set up. They are currently examining the scene of the incident,” said Vladimir Markin, a representative from the Russian Prosecutor's General Office.
From Ria Novosti: http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080221/99765169.html
Russian defense ministry confirms death of Gen. Vlasov
12:30 | 21/ 02/ 2008
MOSCOW, February 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Defense Ministry has officially confirmed the death of Col.-Gen. Viktor Vlasov, the acting head of the ministry's quartermaster service, a spokesman for the ministry said on Thursday.
A source in Russia's law enforcement bodies said earlier that the death of Vlasov, 57, may have been suicide, while the Russian Defense Ministry refused to comment.
The source added that Vlasov had recently launched multiple inquiries into the activities of the ministry's quartermaster service, in the course of which he had discovered a number of violations.
The Russian Prosecutor General's office has launched a criminal investigation in the death of the military official.
Vlasov coordinated an ambitious ministry program on the provision of residential apartments for families of military servicemen, which had a budget of 13 billion rubles (about $530 million) in 2007.
In all, 36.7 billion rubles ($1.5 billion) were spent last year on the provision of residential apartments for military servicemen and their families.
Ping!
Russian Roulette?
Poor guy. Looks like they made HIM a violation. We know how Russia deals with such things.
Saw a story on FR saying old KGB hands are reasserting themselves.
>>>>Important Russians are dropping dead lately ping.<<<<
Never learn too much when in Russia.
Is Putin even with the Clinton’s yet in the race for number of associates found dead under mysterious circumstances?
Pistol Suicide - That’s so old fashioned.
After Hillary loses, there will be big jump in their list of strange deaths and disappearances, just wait and see.
In Russia, this is dying of natural causes.
I don’t know. Important Russians are dropping dead lately.
Do the Clintons have relatives in Russia?
Cerebral hemorage ..... induced by a 9mm bullet.
Was Hillary in Russia?
wise-advice ping
Maybe Vlady want his own people in that organization
We should expect more like this as it soon is “election” and a lot of people that can tell about corruption has to be removed. It is a very ugly war between the two major siloviki clans. Putin has a lot of problems in keeping his vast fortune intact.
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