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[Regnum] Lieutenant General Vadim Shamarin has been removed from his post as Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. This was reported on July 18 by his lawyer Igor Dyukin.
“Vadim Shamarin was removed from his post as Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces back in May,” said Dyukin, whose words are quoted by Gazeta.Ru.
At the same time, the defense attorney noted that the general was not fired, but simply removed from the staff.
On July 18, the 235th Garrison Military Court extended the arrest of General Shamarin in the bribery case until October 21.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, the Defense Ministry's chief communications officer was arrested in May, and he did not admit guilt.
According to investigators, in 2016–2023, Shamarin received 36 million rubles as a bribe from the general director of the Perm telephone plant Telta, Aleksey Vysokov, and the enterprise's chief accountant, Elena Grishina. The bribe was supposed to be for increasing supplies under government contracts for the needs of the Defense Ministry and general patronage.
Vysokov and Grishina have been under arrest since the summer of 2023 on charges of fraud. Shamarin could face up to 15 years in prison.
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