#newsonleo #russia #war #crime Lieutenant General Vadim Sharamin, deputy chief of Russian General Staff, has been arrested under charge of taking bribes. 1/
#newsonleo #russia #war #crime Lieutenant General Vadim Sharamin, deputy chief of Russian General Staff, has been arrested under charge of taking bribes. 1/
2/ This arrest comes shortly after the arrest of General Ivan Popov and arrest of two deputies of former defence minister Sergei Shoigu.
3/ Those events coincided with appointment of Andrei Belousov as new defence minister and rose speculation about massive purge of Shoigu's cadre. Kremlin spokesman Dimitry Peskov denied any purge and claimed that fight against corruption is "ongoing activity" and "not a campaign".