The son of the ex-Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Pal Popov, detained today on fraud charges, Roman, has been selling military clothing and ammunition on the Internet for two years. This was reported by the Shot telegram channel.
"Roman Popov from 2018 to 2020 actively sold in Networks of various military equipment: uniforms, shoes, backpacks and Ops-Core helmets. In total, Roman has sold at least 24 lots during this time," TK writes.
According to him, 43-year-old Roman Popov owns a 110-meter apartment in Khimki, with an approximate cost of 35 million rubles (the house in the photo). It is also known about the general's son that for some time, starting in 2020, he was the founder and owner of the Khimki Karate Federation, but later went out of business.
Roman was born in 1980 in the German city of Weimar, where his father Pavel Popov served as part of the Group of Soviet Troops in Germany.
As EADaily reported, Army General Pavel Popov was detained on August 29. He is suspected under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Fraud on an especially large scale).According to the operatives, in 2021-2024, the general, responsible for the development, maintenance and operation of the Patriot Park, was engaged in personal enrichment, acting together with the director of the institution Vyacheslav Akhmedov and Deputy head of the Main Department of Innovative Development of the Ministry of Defense Vladimir Shesterov. Both were arrested in a fraud case in early August.