Russia opens fraud case against former deputy defence minister as corruption probe deepens
- Russia's Investigative Committee said on Thursday it had opened a fraud case against Pavel Popov, a former deputy defence minister, in the latest of a string of corruption probes of officials tied to ex-defence minister Sergei Shoigu.
Popov joins at least a dozen officials who, since April, have been caught up in the biggest wave of corruption scandals to hit the Russian military and defence establishment in years. Popov, 67, graduated from a military academy and served for 17 years in Russia's Emergencies Ministry. Shoigu, now secretary of Russia's security council, was head of that ministry from 1991 to 2012.
The clampdown on high-level corruption began on April 23 with the arrest of Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov. At the time, Shoigu was still defence minister, and analysts suggested the investigation into Ivanov - one of Shoigu's 12 deputies - represented a push by a rival "clan" seeking to dilute the defence minister's power and gain wealth and influence.Since then, a cascade of arrests have followed.
"In 2021-2024 Popov, responsible for the development, maintenance, and operation of the Patriot Park, enriched himself at the expense of this establishment," the Investigative Committee said.
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