Gorodilov, who was promoted for his exploits in the war in Ukraine, is the latest in a string of high-ranking Russian military and senior defense officers to be arrested on corruption charges in recent months.
A Russian military court today sentenced Colonel Artyom Gorodilov, commander of the country’s 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade, to two months in prison on charges of large-scale fraud, the state-run TASS news agency reported.
In 2022, the New York Times wrote that Gorodilov had been the commander of the 234th Air Assault Regiment of the Russian Airborne Forces since 2019, which, according to Ukraine and the West, killed Ukrainian civilians in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha in March same year.
Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed the allegations against Butsa as a “provocation” and said the Russian military had nothing to do with the killings, which Russian officials said were staged for propaganda purposes.
Promoted for his exploits in the war in Ukraine, which Russia calls a special military operation, Gorodilov is the latest in a string of high-ranking Russian military and senior defense officers to be arrested on corruption charges in recent months.
It is unclear how he confessed to the charges.
Source :Skai
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