“The Russian authorities arrested the head of the armored service of the Central Military District on September 18 on suspicion of receiving a large bribe. Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW) Details: Russia’s Investigative Committee announced on September 18 that it had opened a case against Denis Putilov, the head of the armored service of the KBM, for accepting a bribe of 10 million rubles ($107,000) in exchange for issuing contracts for the repair and maintenance of military equipment to an entrepreneur named Chudinov.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
The Russian authorities arrested the head of the armored service of the Central Military District on September 18 on suspicion of receiving a large bribe.
Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW)
Details: Russia’s Investigative Committee announced on September 18 that it had opened a case against Denis Putilov, head of the armored service of the KBM, for accepting a bribe of 10 million rubles ($107,000) in exchange for issuing contracts for the repair and maintenance of military equipment to an entrepreneur named Chudinov.
The 90th tank division of Russia is stationed on the territory of the Central Military District, and Putilov, most likely, had a direct relationship with the supervision of repairs and maintenance tanks and other armored vehicles used by the 90th tank division in combat operations in Ukraine.
ISW noted that since the beginning of Belousov’s tenure as Minister of Defense in April 2024, such corruption cases against high-ranking officials of the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) have become significantly more frequent, as a result of Belousov’s apparent desire to root out corruption and solve the problems of inefficient management that plagued the MoD under the former Minister of Defense Serhii Shoigu.
Literally: “Putilov’s ties to Shoigu remain unclear at the time of writing, but his arrest suggests that Belousov is trying to crack down on corrupt and inefficient officials responsible for maintaining Russian military assets, including scarce armored vehicles.”