War correspondent Sladkov stated that a criminal case was opened against him for discrediting the Armed Forces
VGTRK military correspondent Alexander Sladkov reported that the Main Military Prosecutor’s Office opened a criminal case against him for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. He wrote about this on his Telegram channel.
According to him, this happened because he, along with a number of other war correspondents, “did not leave alone the topic of the failure to provide for the army.”
Bloggers who criticized the team of the previous minister were often “given a slap in the face” for writing: here is a failure, here is a disaster, here we need to fix it. Today it turns out that it was precisely those people in uniform who were very unhappy with the bloggers who turned out to be far from angels themselves
The war correspondent noted that today “half of the old minister’s team found itself under investigation for theft.”
Sladkov pointed out that without the help of the head of VGTRK Oleg Dobrodeev and the presidential administration, “it would have been difficult” for him.
A number of economic crimes have been uncovered in the Ministry of Defense
In 2024, a number of economic crimes were uncovered in the Ministry of Defense. The latest case to date was that of the deputy head of the Leningrad Military District (LenVO) Valery Mumindzhanov. The Investigative Committee of Russia established that the major general, who was responsible for the clothing supply of the Russian Armed Forces, facilitated the conclusion of contracts for the supply of uniforms worth more than 1.5 billion rubles with commercial organizations, for which, according to the investigation, he received a bribe.
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In August, former Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Pavel Popov was detained. According to investigators, in the period from 2021 to 2024, the general, responsible for the development and operation of the Patriot Park, enriched himself at the expense of the facility entrusted to him together with the director of this institution Vyacheslav Akhmedov and the deputy head of the Main Directorate for Innovative Development of the Ministry of Defense of Russia Vladimir Shesterov. In particular, the former deputy minister organized the delivery of various material assets to his suburban area, as well as the execution of construction work on it and the subsequent provision of its maintenance at the expense of the park.
In July, it became known that General of the Army and Hero of Russia Dmitry Bulgakov had been detained and arrested. During the investigation, it was discovered that the troops were supplied with low-quality individual food rations, and at inflated prices. In addition, beef was replaced with pork and chicken, and the energy value of the rations was overstated. The servicemen did not receive quality food products even during the special military operation (SVO).
Putin and Belousov listen to war correspondents
Russian President Vladimir Putin has received war correspondents four times since the beginning of the (SVO). Sladkov noted that his colleagues had spoken out harshly on the topic of major problems in the Defense Ministry. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented on these meetings, indicating that the head of state highly values the dialogue with war correspondents and will continue it in the future.
The head of the Russian Ministry of Defense Andrei Belousov also held several meetings with military correspondents. In particular, on July 19, Komsomolskaya Pravda reporter Aleksandr Kots admitted that he had “another maximally open and frank conversation” with the minister.
During the conversations, the minister is informed about problems in the Armed Forces, and based on the results of the meetings, Belousov forms a list of instructions to be carried out and talks about the actions taken. It is known that at the moment this list contains more than twenty items, from missing shelters for aircraft at military airfields to the passage of military medical commissions by SVO fighters at the place of leave in civilian hospitals.
Andrey Belousov considered it important to talk about the measures taken after the last meeting. Including on the issues voiced by colleagues who were unable to come to the Ministry of Defense on Friday
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