Senior Russian Military Official Held As Kremlin Continues Corruption Sweep globalsecurity.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from globalsecurity.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A military court in Moscow has sent to pretrial detention Lieutenant General Vadim Shamarin, a senior military official, the latest arrest of a top military official in what the Kremlin called its ongoing fight against corruption.
Belarus's authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka on May 23 appointed Major General Paval Muraveyka to the post of the chief of the Belarusian armed forces' General Staff.
Major General Ivan Popov, 49, who was well-respected and hailed as a hero by his soldiers, was in charge of the 58th army - but is now being held on "bogus fraud charges"
The Week In Russia: The War Is His Everything globalsecurity.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from globalsecurity.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.