According to Russian state media, Russian authorities arrested Lieutenant-General Vadim Shamarin, deputy to General Valery Gerasimov, head of the army’s general staff, on suspicion of large-scale bribe-taking.
Is President Vladimir Putin continuing what appears to be a purge of his senior defense staff members?
The Kremlin escalated its crackdown on Russia’s top military ranks, with a new corruption arrest this week.
Russian authorities detained Lieutenant-General Vadim Shamarin, deputy to General Valery Gerasimov, head of the army’s general staff, on suspicion of large-scale bribe-taking, Russian state media reported Thursday.
It is the fourth arrest in the past month of a high-ranking military official, marking the biggest Russian army scandal in years. The detentions come as President Vladimir Putin carries out a sweeping reshuffle of top jobs, including a change at the head of the Ministry of Defense.
Lieutenant-General Vadim Shamarin, deputy head of the...
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