An employee of the Department of the Ministry of Defense to ensure the state defense order was arrested on charges of abuse

An employee of the Russian Department of the Russian Defense Order Ministry of Defense Vladimir Verteletsky was detained on suspicion of corruption. It is reported by Interfax with reference to the source.

Update. The Investigative Committee confirmed that a criminal case was opened against the head of the Department of the Department of the Department of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation to ensure the state defense of Vladimir Verteletsky. He is accused of abuse of power in the implementation of the state defense order. According to investigators, in 2022, Verteletsky accepted unfulfilled work in the framework of experimental design work under a state contract. As a result, the state caused damage worth more than 70 million rubles. The court sent Verteletsky to the pre -trial detention center.

The interlocutor of the agency clarified that the Verteletsky was detained in the case of receiving a large bribe. The propaganda channel RT also reports that Verteletsky is suspected of receiving a bribe. The channel calls it the head of the department of the department.

The detention of Verteletsky is also written by the Russian “militarycate” Yuri Kotenok and the Mash telegram channel. According to Izvestia, the Verteletsky allegedly helped the "Kommersant to receive the state order and received a house and a car as a bribe."

The source of RBC claims that Verteletsky is suspected of fraud, he was detained on May 21.

The Investigative Committee did not comment on information about the detention of Verteletsky.

• Over the past few weeks, it has become known about several criminal cases initiated against the heads of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. At the end of April, Moscow was arrested by Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Timur Ivanov on charges of receiving a bribe, in May they detained the head of the personnel department of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Yuri Kuznetsov also on charges of receiving a bribe. On May 23, it became known about the arrest of the head of the Main Communications Department of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, deputy chief of the General Staff of Lieutenant General Vadim Shamarin in the case of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale.