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| Another defendant was arrested in the case of General Popov |
| 2024-06-11 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] A court in Moscow, as part of the criminal case of the former commander of the 58th Army, Major General Ivan Popov, accused of embezzlement, decided to arrest a new defendant, Kommersant reported on June 10. According to the publication, law enforcement agencies announced the arrest of a new defendant for two months. His identity was not disclosed. It is known that he was charged with the same charges as Popov. There is no official information about the arrest of another person involved in the case. As Regnum reported, Popov has been under arrest since May 17. He was accused of stealing more than 1.7 thousand tons of metal structures purchased to create a defense line in the Zaporozhye region. The former commander of the 58th Combined Arms Army denies any guilt. On June 7, the 2nd Western District Military Court considered an appeal to change the preventive measure for Popov to house arrest. In addition to the defense, the prosecution also supported this, since he gave incriminating evidence against other participants in the theft. Nevertheless, the court left the accused in custody. Popov’s father, in a conversation with IA Regnum, declared his son’s innocence. In his opinion, ill-wishers “dug” under the ex-commander of the 58th Army and set him up. |
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