A Moscow military court on Thursdaysentenced former deputy chief of Russias General StaffVadim Shamarin to 7 years in a maximum-security jail on corruption charges.Lieutenant-General Shamarin, who likewise headed the General Staffs interactions directorate, was detained in May 2024 on charges of accepting 36 million rubles ($437,600) in bribes from a phone factory in exchange for state contracts and general patronage.Shamarin was one of a number of senior military officials detained in 2015 in what observers have described as a wider anti-corruption project within Russias Defense Ministry.According to the Interfax news company, his trial was held behind closed doors and without a full examination of proof, as Shamarin had actually reached a plea deal with investigators.Russias Investigative Committee, which probes significant crimes, stated Shamarin was founded guilty of accepting 2 bribes and sentenced appropriately.
In addition to his jail term, the court removed him of his military rank and seized assets valued at over 35 million rubles ($425,500).
District attorneys had asked for a 12-year sentence and a fine of 107 million rubles ($1.3 million).
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