Russian court jails former general who criticised top brass for 5 years on fraud charges

Russian court jails former general who criticised top brass for 5 years on fraud charges

A former Russian commander who criticised Moscow's military leadership in Ukraine was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday after a military court found him guilty of large-scale fraud, Russian news agencies reported.

In Russia, the Tambov garrison military court sentenced the ex-commander of the 58th Russian Army Ivan Popov to 5 years in prison. He was dismissed from office in the summer of 2023. He claims he was removed by “higher command” after he reported on problems in the army and...

In Russia, former General Popov has been sentenced to five years in prison for allegations of fraud.

Russia sentences former military commander who criticized leadership to prison for larceny

Russia’s Tambov Garrison Military Court sentenced Major General Ivan Popov, who had publicly disapproved of the way Russian military forces operated in Ukraine, to five years in prison on Thursday and stripped him of his military rank. The military officer was convicted of grand larceny and service forgery. According to information from Russia’s Investigative Committee (Sledkom), Popov was convicted under Russia’s Criminal Code for fraud committ…

Russian General Popov sentenced to penal colony after criticizing military failures

Russian General Ivan Popov has been sentenced to five years in a penal colony after he spoke out about what he referred to as "critical problems" …

A Russian military court on Thursday sentenced the former commander of the 58th Army, Major General Ivan Popov, to five years in a penal colony for embezzlement, fined him 800 thousand rubles (over 211 thousand crowns) and stripped him of the rank of major general for two years, TASS reports. The Kommersant newspaper reported that Popov wanted to return to the army, but the Russian Defense Ministry did not comply with his request, according to t…