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| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. “It’s been worse”: Popov reacted to the court’s decision to leave him in pre-trial detention [Regnum] The former commander of the 58th Army, Major General Ivan Popov, ironically answered one of the judge’s questions at a court hearing on May 24, Lenta.Ru reports. After the court refused to release Popov under house arrest, the judge asked the suspect if he had any questions. “No, your honor. It could be worse,” answered the major general. As reported by IA Regnum, the Second Western District Military Court, at a meeting on May 24, decided to leave Popov, accused of fraud on an especially large scale, in a pre-trial detention center. The Investigative Committee applied for a mitigation of the preventive measure against Popov. During the hearing on May 24, the judge also clarified the qualifications of the charges against Popov. He is accused of fraud committed by a group of persons on an especially large scale using his official position. On May 23, the official representative of the Russian Investigative Committee, Svetlana Petrenko, stated that Popov is accused of theft of more than 1,700 tons of metal structures, which were intended for the construction of defensive fortifications in the Zaporozhye region. The cost of rolled metal exceeds 130 million rubles. The general denies all accusations. Popov’s father, in a conversation with IA Regnum, previously stated that his son was not guilty of anything. Popov Sr. is convinced that ill-wishers deliberately “digged” for the general. He called the current situation a “set-up.” Popov’s colleagues also do not believe in the version of the security forces. The soldiers are convinced that the general who “jumped into the trenches with ordinary privates” could not steal from his own people. More from regnum.ru “Izvestia”: Shamarin’s wife stated that he did not take a bribe, but borrowed money The head of the Main Communications Directorate of the Armed Forces (AF) of the Russian Federation, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Vadim Shamarin, who was arrested on charges of taking a bribe, was framed, Izvestia’s source said, referring to the general’s wife Elizaveta Shamarina. According to the wife’s information, which was provided by the publication’s interlocutor, her colleagues wrote a statement against her husband. Shamarina claims that a friend lent him the money. At the same time, she emphasized that her husband himself did not ask to lend him anything. The source clarified that, according to Shamarin’s wife, he was framed, since the testimony of his colleagues indicated that the lieutenant general himself asked for money. As reported by IA Regnum, the detention of 52-year-old Shamarin became known on May 23. On the same day, he was arrested for two months by a military court in the case of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale. Searches were carried out in his apartment. The general himself did not admit his guilt. The defendants in the case, the general director of the Perm Telephone Plant Telta OJSC, Alexey Vysokov, and the chief accountant of this enterprise, Elena Grishina, have been under arrest since the summer of 2023 on charges of fraud, it follows from the case materials. Shamarin could face up to 15 years in prison. The police are also checking Shamarin for involvement in similar crimes. The investigation continues to actively collect evidence in the case of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale. Related from regnum.ru Deputy Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Vlasov detained while accepting a bribe Deputy Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Sergei Vlasov was detained while accepting a bribe, law enforcement agencies reported, REN TV reports. Vlasov was born in 1991 in the Novgorod region. He graduated from the Military Space Academy. Mozhaisky, and later underwent advanced training of military specialists in the construction and operation of buildings and structures for special and combined arms purposes. Since April 2020, Vlasov worked in the main construction department of the Krasnodar region, which he headed in December 2021. Since March 2022, he headed the construction department of the Krasnodar Territory, and in December 2022 he was appointed to the position of vice-governor. Vlasov oversees the work of the departments of construction, architecture and urban planning, supervision in the construction sector, the state housing inspection, as well as the Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergency Situations of the Krasnodar Territory. As Regnum reported, in April 2024, the Investigative Committee reported that the deputy head of the administration of the Vasileostrovsky district of St. Petersburg, Vladlen Rodionov, was detained while accepting a bribe. Rodionov, who was responsible for regulation in the field of housing and communal services and construction in the region, demanded a bribe from the general director of a commercial organization for patronage, lobbying the interests of the company and interaction with government agencies. |
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