The Kremlin responded for the first time to a series of arrests in the Ministry of Defense Source: Artyom Ustyuzhanin / MSK1.RU So many events appear during the day that a normal person simply cannot keep track of everything. For this case you have us. Our editorial staff monitors what is happening in the country and the world every day, and is always ready to share with you the main events of the day. Today we will sum up the results of May 23. Two more officials of the Ministry of Defense were detained. On May 23, the Investigative Committee announced the arrest of two more officials of the Ministry of Defense. The head of the Main Communications Directorate – Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Vadim Shamarin, was sent into custody by the court on a bribery case. According to investigators, Shamarin received a bribe from the general director and chief accountant of the Telta telephone plant for increasing the volume of products supplied under a government contract for the needs of the Russian Ministry of Defense and the general patronage of the Russian Ministry of Defense to ensure state defense. Vladimir Verteletsky was also arrested by order. He was accused of abuse of official powers when fulfilling a state defense order – according to investigators, in 2022 Verteletsky accepted uncompleted work, causing damage to the state in the amount of more than 70 million rubles. Arrests took place in the Ministry of Defense. Commented in the Kremlin by the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, answering a question from journalists about arrests in the Ministry of Defense. Even before today’s events, Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Timur Ivanov, Head of the Main Personnel Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Yuri Kuznetsov and former commander of the 58th Army, Major General Ivan. Popov were arrested. Popov is suspected of fraud, Ivanov and Kuznetsov are suspected of bribery. The fight against corruption is a consistent effort, not a campaign. This is an integral part of the activities of our law enforcement agencies… Of course, we are not talking about any campaign here,” TASS quotes Peskov, without answering the question whether the Kremlin knew in advance about the planned arrests. He stated that he did not have the authority to do this. A hostel in the Moscow region burned down, killing eight people at night. In the Moscow region, a large fire occurred in a small house where a hostel for migrants was equipped. – About 15 people lived there. As reported by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, 8 people died as a result of the fire, another victim was in intensive care. Source: Moscow Prosecutor’s Office/T.me Investigators have opened two deaths. criminal proceedings: under Part 3 of Article 109 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (causing death by negligence) and paragraph “a” of Part 2 of Article 322.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of illegal migration by a group of persons by prior conspiracy). According to the prosecutor’s office of the Moscow region, migrants who did not have registration in Russia lived in the house. Neighbors repeatedly complained about the owners of the burned house and asked them to move. The investigation established that a private house was rented and then rented by a 23-year-old man; According to TASS, the cause of the fire was a faulty oven for preparing dough “Makfa”, which became a state asset of the former governor of the Chelyabinsk region Mikhail Yurevich and ex-State Duma deputy Vadim Belousov – JSC “Makfa”, JSC “First Bread Factory”. JSC SMAK and others were transferred to state ownership. This was confirmed to the 74.RU portal by lawyer Lyudmila Aivar on Thursday, May 23, commenting on the result of the court on the abolition of temporary measures in the important case of the Prosecutor General’s Office “The court decision was subject to immediate consideration.” As a result, the companies were re-registered as state property,” explained Lyudmila Aivar. “The persons who applied for the lifting of temporary measures confirmed that the transfer of shares and shares into the ownership of the Federal Property Management Agency was registered. The assets of the families of ex-governor Mikhail Yurevich and former State Duma deputy Vadim Belousov began a week after the Norwegian prosecutor’s office presented a court decision in March requiring the seizure of property “from the illegal possession of another person.” Entry of Russian tourists The Kingdom of Norway is introducing new restrictions for Russian citizens, they will come into force. May 29. — Russian citizens whose purpose is tourism and other non-essential travel will be denied entry across the external border, according to the Norwegian government website. The restriction applies to Russians with all Schengen visas, including those issued by Norway. An exception can be made for people coming to visit relatives, to work or study in Norway and other European countries.
Main news of the day – May 24, 2024 – Russia today
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