Russia charges ex-deputy defence minister with corruption

FILE PHOTO: Russian First Deputy Defence Minister Ruslan Tsalikov chairs a meeting of the Council for Science and Education at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Moscow region, Russia June 13, 2024. Sputnik/Alexey Maishev/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

MOSCOW, March ⁠5 (Reuters) - Russia has charged a ⁠former deputy defence minister with ‌corruption, investigators said on Thursday, in the latest of a series of prosecutions ​against top figures in ⁠the military establishment.

The ⁠state Investigative Committee said Ruslan Tsalikov ⁠was ‌accused of embezzlement, money laundering and bribe-taking.