Two defendants in the case of former Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Popov confessed. They entered into a pre-trial cooperation agreement, TASS reports.
We are talking about the director of Parque Patriota. Vyacheslav Akhmedov and Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of Innovative Development of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Major General Vladimir Shesterovwho held positions when the Russian Defense Ministry was in charge Sergei Shoigu.
“In the materials submitted to the court by the investigation into the extension of my client’s period of arrest, there is indeed information that Akhmedov and Shesterov signed a pre-trial cooperation agreement and testified against Pavel Popov, who, in turn, denied all the accusations against him, – said the army general’s lawyer. Denis Sagach.
According to him, Popov, during interrogations and confrontations, gave detailed and detailed testimony in which he said “what and to whom he transferred the funds.” At the same time, he clarified that after the general’s arrest in the Lefortovo pretrial detention center, no investigative actions were carried out.
According to investigators, in 2021-2024 Popov, responsible for the development, maintenance and operation of the Patriot Park, enriched himself at his expense, acting together with the deputy head of the Main Directorate of Innovative Development of the Ministry of Defense Vladimir Shesterov and the director from Patriot Park, Vyacheslav Akhmedov. The total amount of illicit enrichment amounted to more than 60 million rubles.
According to the Investigative Committee, Popov arranged his suburban area in the Krasnogorsk district of the Moscow Region at the expense of the park and, through his subordinates, forced the directors of companies linked by contracts with the park to carry out construction work and installation in your suburban apartments for free. After building the house and improving the plot of about 3 hectares, Popov continued to maintain it at the expense of the park. He is accused of theft of more than 30 million rubles as part of a group of people.
As reported EADaily The 235th Garrison Military Court released the head of Patriot Park from pretrial detention and placed him under house arrest. Also under house arrest is the deputy head of the General Directorate of Innovative Development of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Vladimir Shesterov. All those accused in the case have a preventive detention period set until December 21.
