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| Russian Intelligence Arrests High-Ranking Defence Official, Lt Gen. Yury Kuznestov For Allegedly Taking Bribe |
| 2024-05-16 |
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More from regnum.ru Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited In the case of General Kuznetsov, searches were carried out at several addresses at once As part of a criminal case initiated against the head of the main personnel department of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Yuri Kuznetsov, law enforcement officers conducted searches at several addresses at once. The Izvestia newspaper reported this on May 15 Searches in the case of the chief personnel officer of the Moscow Region Kuznetsov were carried out in Moscow and Kuban Law enforcement agencies clarified that the searches were carried out over several days. Investigative activities took place both in Moscow and in the Krasnodar region. The Investigative Committee previously reported that during searches at the places of actual residence and registration, funds in rubles and foreign currency in the amount of more than 100 million rubles, as well as gold coins, collectible watches and other luxury items were found and confiscated from Kuznetsov. As Regnum reported, the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against Yuri Kuznetsov. He was charged with receiving a bribe on an especially large scale (Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The person involved in the case was arrested. According to the investigation, in 2021–2023, as head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Kuznetsov received a bribe from representatives of commercial structures for performing certain actions in their favor. The investigation believes that for patronizing the businessman, he received a cottage with a plot in the Krasnodar Territory. The amount of bribe in the Kuznetsov case exceeds 30 million rubles. According to Kommersant, the cost of the plot is 7.5 million rubles, the cottage - about 23 million rubles. In addition, the Basmanny Court of Moscow sent another person involved in the Kuznetsov case, Leva Martirosyan, to the pre-trial detention center. He will remain in custody until July 12, 2024. According to the investigative authorities, Martirosyan was accused of giving a bribe on an especially large scale (Part 5 of Article 291 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Kuznetsov took the post of head of the Main Personnel Directorate of the Ministry of Defense in 2023. Before that, for 13 years he headed the Eighth Directorate of the General Staff, responsible for protecting state secrets. |
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