This year, numerous bribery and corruption investigations against leading civil servants and officers have been initiated in the Russian Ministry of Defense.
In Russia, a court has ordered a colonel of the National Guard to two months’ probation on suspicion of embezzlement, according to the state news agency Tass.
The case concerns the order of aeronautical systems for the National Guard. Colonel Oleg Gamanjunov is suspected of having caused the National Guard 80 million rubles, or just under 800,000 euros, in damage. The investigation continues and there are other suspected crimes in the investigation.
This year, numerous bribery and corruption investigations against leading civil servants and officers have been initiated in the Russian Ministry of Defense.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin established the National Guard in 2016 and transferred under it the forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and the special forces of the police OMON and SOBR. The National Guard, which operates directly under the president, is headed by someone familiar to Putin from his days in St. Petersburg Viktor Zolotov. The National Guard has participated in the occupation of Ukrainian territories in the major offensive launched by Russia in February 2022.
Earlier this month, the deputy commander of the National Guard of the Russian-occupied Crimea was taken into pretrial detention. He is accused of approving the renovation work on the special forces barracks, even though they were not actually completed.