Posted on 05/14/2024 5:59:04 AM PDT by hardspunned
MOSCOW, May 14. /TASS/. Head of the Main Personnel Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Yuri Kuznetsov, was detained, law enforcement agencies told TASS.
"Lieutenant General General Kuznetsov was detained as a suspect in a criminal offense. The case is being investigated by the Main Military Investigation Department of the Russian Investigative Committee," the source said.
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That appears to be a very large fish.
Putin seems to be picking up speed in turning over his staff.
I see some similarity to the Stalinist purges of the 30’s.
My guess is that Kuznetsov as head of personnel was in on the rackets of pocketing the wages of non-existent soldiers or bribes in return for choice assignments or exemptions from conscription or from service in Ukraine.
Could have just sold out to NATO.
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