The commander of the 83rd Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade, Artem Gorodilov, was arrested in the case of particularly large-scale fraud. This was reported by DEA News.
The military court remanded him in custody until August 19. Gorodilov is accused of fraud on an especially large scale (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
On Thursday, July 4, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation asked On the arrest of the commander of the 83rd Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade.
The day before, it became known that FSB military counterintelligence officers detained the commander of the airborne brigade Gorodilov. The colonel, who is under US sanctions, was arrested in Ryazan, then taken to Moscow and transferred to the jurisdiction of the Main Military Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee. Gorodilov’s name was mentioned in foreign media in connection with accusations of “war crimes in Ukraine.” The Russian Defense Ministry denies such accusations. Gorodilov is not the only high-ranking serviceman who has become the subject of investigation in the fraud case. Previously, former deputy head of the Defense Ministry Timur Ivanov, chief staff officer of the Defense Ministry Yuri Kuznetsov and former commander of the 58th Army of the Southern Military District Ivan Popov were arrested. More details material “socialbites.ca”.
Previously, the Investigative Committee to start Verification at the request of General Popov.