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This photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, shows Lt. Gen. Vadim Shamarin, deputy chief of the Russian military general staff, posing for an official photo in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023

RUSSIA: A deputy head of the Russian general staff has been arrested on charges of large-scale bribery, local media reported today, becoming the latest high-ranking military official to be detained for alleged corruption.

The arrest of Lieutenant General Vadim Shamarin followed the detentions this week of Major General Ivan Popov, a former top commander of Russia's offensive in Ukraine, also on bribery charges.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov insisted that the wave of arrests did not indicate a campaign against the military, saying: “The fight against corruption is consistent work.”

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