Not the first halt like this.
Shamarin is suspected of taking a peculiarly valuable asset advantage, for which he is facing imprisonment for up to 15 years. This is another detention among Russian military commanders and officials of the Ministry of Defence over the past weeks. Previously, the media reported the arrest of General Ivan Popov, a erstwhile commander of the 58th National Army, who participated in activities in Ukraine. Popov, considered to be 1 of the most competent Russian generals, is suspected of “large-scale fraud”.
In late April and early May, Deputy Minister of Defence Timur Ivanov and Yuri Kuzniecov, liable for human resources in the resort, were besides detained. In addition, on May 12, president Vladimir Putin called off Defence Minister Sergey Szojgu, who had served as president since 2012.
The “hunting” on corrupt officials in the Russian Ministry of Defence began after Andrei Bielousov took up the position of head of the ministry. Analysts agree that the task of the erstwhile Deputy Prime Minister is to reorganize the army and adapt it, especially in financial terms, to a long-term war.
That's not a very advanced sentence?
A channel on the Telegram named Grey Zone, affiliated with Wagner's Group, stated that 15 years in prison was a insignificant punishment for General Wadi Shamarin. Problems with the quality of communication, or alternatively deficiency thereof, were 1 of the biggest problems of the Russian peculiar military operation in Ukraine, resulting in the death of respective 1000 people.
Russian war correspondent Siemon Piegow noted that the ‘special military operation’ is smoothly transformed into a peculiar counterintelligence operation.
The dismantling of the strategy (...) of generals is no little crucial than denazification and demilitarisation of Ukraine He said.
On the another hand, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Pieskov referred to the detention of Shamarin, stressing that there was no run aimed at the management of the defence department. He stated that the fight against corruption was an ongoing work.
