In the Russian Federation arrested a General who accused Gerasimov of cowardice

The former commander of the 58th Army of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Major General Ivan Popov is accused of fraud of particularly large size. He is suspected of selling 2000 tons of metal structures worth more than $ 1 million. In Russia, the former commander of the 58th Army of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Major General Ivan Popov, was arrested, who previously criticized the Russian Defense Ministry, after which he was removed from office.

This was reported on May 21 by Russian media. The officer was detained on May 17 due to suspicion of fraud in a particularly large size. According to information from the Moscow Military Court, Popov will be in a pre -trial detention center for at least two months. According to Medusa, the FSB Military Counterintelligence Department (DVKR) is engaged in the case, and the investigation was initially conducted by Deputy Popov.

It is noted that among the suspects, two other persons are entrepreneur from the Krasnodar region and an officer of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation. According to the Russian Channel Mash, the commander is suspected of selling 2000 tons of metal structures worth about 100 million rubles ($ 1. 1 million), which were intended for construction of a defense line in the war zone in Ukraine. The Russian General was removed from the command of the 58th Army Army in July last year.

He argued that he was released for warning the supreme command of the difficulties that arose in Ukraine, in particular, about great losses in the personnel of the Russian army and lack of modern equipment. Subsequently, an open access was made by the general, intended for his soldiers, in which the general struck the leadership of the Russian defense department, accusing him of struck in the back, "a victim and a deprived army in the most difficult and most difficult moment.