For nine months of 2009, 2.5 billion rubles were plundered in the army
In 2009, the damage to the state from corruption in the Armed Forces exceeded 2.5 billion rubles, and military prosecutors calculated. For nine months, 1408 mercenary crimes were registered in the troops, each second is serious or especially serious, said Major General Alexander Nikitin, head of the Department of Supervision of the Main Military Prosecutor's Office. 70% of these crimes are committed by officers, quotes Interfax .