RBC: the head of the Department for Work with Personnel of the Ministry of Defense was detained on suspicion of taking bribes

The head of the main department for work with personnel of the Ministry of Defense, Mikhail Baryshev, was detained on suspicion of taking bribes in connection with the 3rd Winter Military World Games in Sochi in 2017. about this RBC writes , citing sources in the department.

According to them, we can talk about bribes in the amount of more than 20 million rubles. “The ex-deputy for CSKA gave evidence against him [Baryshev],” a source in the Defense Ministry said.

The fact that Baryshev is under investigation was confirmed by several other interlocutors of RBC. They confirm that the claims against Baryshev are related to fraud during the army games in Sochi, for which a subsidy of more than 1 billion rubles was allocated.

Another source said that Baryshev "was fired from the Ministry of Defense for a week" due to suspicions of fraud. From him, as well as from the Main Military Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee, it was not possible to get an operational comment. The press service of CSKA declined to comment on the situation.

The III Winter Military World Games were held in Sochi from 22 to 27 February 2017. The sports program included seven sports: biathlon, cross-country skiing, alpine skiing, ski orienteering, ski mountaineering, indoor sport climbing, short track. According to the results of the competition, Russia became the winner, the teams of Italy and France, respectively, took the second and third places.