Lt. Gen. Vadim Shamarin, the head of the Main Communications Directorate of the Armed Forces of Russia and the deputy chief of the General Staff, has been arrested for suspected bribe-taking, the 235th Garrison Military Court of Russia told RIA Novosti.
“The court has approved the motion put by the body conducting the investigation to choose pre-trial detention as a preventive measure on Vadim Shamarin,” the agency was told.
The general is suspected of taking particularly huge bribes.
