Ruslan Salikov, former First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, has been detained.
Modern.az reports, citing TASS, that Svetlana Petrenko, spokesperson for the Russian Investigative Committee, stated this.
General Ruslan Salikov was detained within the framework of a criminal case related to the creation of a criminal organization.
The Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against the former First Deputy Minister of Defense, accusing him of creating a criminal organization whose members embezzled budget funds between 2017 and 2024, as well as of "money laundering and bribery".
The basis for initiating the criminal case was the materials collected by the Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Main Directorate for Economic Security and Anti-Corruption, in cooperation with the Federal Security Service.
"Salikov has been charged with two criminal offenses under Article 210, Part 3 of the Russian Criminal Code (creation of a criminal organization by a person using official position), Article 160, Part 4 of the Russian Criminal Code (embezzlement), Article 174.1, Part 4 of the Russian Criminal Code (legalization (laundering) of monetary funds or other property acquired as a result of a crime committed by a person), and Article 290, Part 6 of the Russian Criminal Code (receiving a bribe)".
R. Salikov served as the First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation from December 24, 2015, to June 17, 2024.
