One of the defendants in the criminal case on receiving bribes from the leaders of the Gryazinsky food processing plant and embezzlement of 1.3 billion rubles. when supplying 9 million substandard dry rations to the Russian army, he entered into a pre-trial agreement with the investigation, Kommersant reports, without giving his name.
The defendant stated that former Deputy Defense Minister General Dmitry Bulgakov received bribes for imprisonment. JSC "Voentorg" contracts for the supply of dry rations. The mediator, according to him, was businessman Igor Kotelnikov (died in jail, denied his involvement in the case).
According to the newspaper, Bulgakov recently testified in the case of dry rations. He said that he was "vaguely familiar" with Kotelnikov, but did not maintain relations with him, and also stated that he did not take bribes from the plant's management and did not influence the conclusion of contracts and acceptance of food products in the units.
The general's defense confirmed that he had been interrogated, but did not provide details.
"Almost every day in the media there is information about Bulgakov's involvement in certain circumstances, which is nothing more than fiction. But to date, he has been charged only in one case," said Bulgakov's lawyer Alexei Dudnik.
The media previously wrote that Bulgakov was arrested in connection with the case against the leaders of the Gryazinsky combine. But, according to Kommersant, the general's case is connected with the conclusion of a contract for the provision of energy inspection services for indoor and outdoor lighting systems of the Kirov Military Medical Academy. Bulgakov is charged with involvement in embezzlement by fraud (part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) about 50 million rubles. He denies the guilt.
Since 2010, Bulgakov has been responsible for the logistics of the army and led the work on providing troops with weapons and military equipment. He was dismissed in September 2022, RBC reminds.