By the end of 2024, hundreds of people will be arrested in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation - the media

This week, a former topleman of the Ministry of Defense was arrested. Insiders believe that this is not the end. The Investigative Committee of Russia announced a criminal case against the topleman of the Main Military Construction Administration (ICE) No. 14 of the Defense Ministry of Defense Igor Kushch. The official is accused of five episodes of bribery. Sources in the Ministry of Defense of Russia report that by the end of 2024 more "hundreds" will be arrested, writes The Moscow Times.

It is reported that Igor Kush in the ICU of Ukraine No. 14 held the position of head of the department of equipment and mechanisms. According to the investigation, from December 2022 to March 2024 allegedly a bush received 34 million rubles from various commercial companies (about $ 350,000) in exchange for help with the purchase in the management of the Ministry of Defense of the written-in construction equipment. He faces up to 15 years in prison.

The former toplesser is currently in a pre -trial detention center. The court also arrested his property for 50 million rubles. The Investigative Committee added that the investigation is completed, and now the person involved in the case file, which will then be transferred to court. The ICS of Ukraine # 14 also appears in the case of theft of more than 875 million rubles for the reconstruction of the main testing ground of military aviation equipment in Akhtubinsk.

Akhtubinsk was attacked by the Armed Forces in June 2024. We will remind, for the last eight months of 2024 the Criminal Code has initiated 497 criminal cases on crimes in the field of defense-industrial complex and execution of state defense. An unprecedented campaign from the arrest of generals and high -ranking officials of the Ministry of Defense is taking place with the consent of the Kremlin, according to The Moscow Times a source in the government of Russia.

They argue that criminal cases "costs the desire of special services to blame the army for failure in Ukraine" and to get control of the huge budgets of the military department. The insider also noted that by the end of the year, all units of the Ministry of Defense "arrest hundreds of people". Recall that the most notable prisoner in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was Timur Ivanov, Deputy of the then Minister of Defense Sergei Shoig. He was also accused of taking bribes.