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MOSCOW (AFP) – A Russian court has ordered a former defence official to be held in pretrial detention on corruption charges after rejecting an appeal against his detention, state media reported Wednesday.
Former Deputy Defense Minister General Dmitry Bulgakov was Detained in Moscow The Russian Investigative Committee said in a statement that authorities detained him last month pending investigation and trial. He is part of several recent cases. High-level military arrests.
“The court considered Bulgakov's defence appeal and decided to leave the appeal inadmissible and the decision of the first instance court unchanged,” the state-run TASS news agency quoted the judge's decision as saying.
According to TASS, Bulgakov is facing charges of large-scale embezzlement. He is said to have overseen the creation of a system to supply Russian troops with poor-quality food rations at inflated prices. If convicted, Bulgakov faces up to 10 years in prison.
Bulgakov was deputy defense minister from 2008 to September 2022, when he was fired. He was in charge of logistics at the time, and while the ministry said he would take another job, the move was seen as punishment for his irresponsible behavior. Flaws in supporting operations in Ukraine.
His dismissal came shortly after Kyiv made rapid territorial gains during a counteroffensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region.
Seven senior military figures have been arrested on charges of fraud, bribery or abuse of power in recent months, including Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov, who was arrested on bribery charges in April and later dismissed from his post.
Lower-level officers have also been arrested on fraud charges, including Lt. Col. Konstantin Frolov, commander of an airborne brigade, last week.
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