The spokeswoman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Svetlana Petrenko, said that the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia has initiated criminal proceedings against Kuznetsov and that he is suspected of receiving a large bribe, reports Interfax.Kuznetsov was detained. He was the head of the Main Personnel Administration of the Ministry of Defense of Russia and holds the rank of lieutenant colonel. A high-ranking general working in Russia’s Defence Ministry has been arrested on suspicion of taking bribes “on a particularly large scale”, Russia’s Investigative Committee announced on Tuesday. ⤵️📷: Russian Defence Ministry pic.twitter.com/rFODk1GidQ— Novaya Gazeta Europe (@novayagazeta_en) May 14, 2024 Russia's state-run TASS agency reported Lieutenant General Yuri Kuznetsov, who served as the head of the 8th Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces from 2010 to 2023, was detained "on suspicion of criminal activity." His workplace and residence had been searched.The investigation established that Kuznetsov in the period 2021-2023, as the head of the Eighth Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, "received bribes from representatives of commercial structures for carrying out certain actions in their favor".During the search, more than 100 million rubles, gold coins, collector's watches and luxury items were confiscated from the suspect, Petrenko said.At the end of last month, Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia, Timur Ivanov, was arrested on charges of accepting a bribe of one billion rubles. Russian FSB counterintelligence service has detained Lieutenant General Yury Kuznetsov, head of the Main Personnel Directorate of the Russian defense ministry - Russian media.Previously, he headed the Eighth Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces for… pic.twitter.com/yMww9fax1j— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) May 14, 2024 Ivanov, who was in charge of the military-construction complex, is accused of having committed a criminal offense when he came into contact with third parties in order to receive bribes on a particularly large scale, in the form of providing services while performing work for the needs of the ministry.
14.5.2024.
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A senior official of Russian Ministry of Defense, Yuri Kuznetsov, was arrested, reports Russia Today.
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