In Russia, Corruption Cases Follow Battlefield Failures In Russia, Corruption Cases Follow Battlefield Failures Officials in three of the five Russian regions bordering Ukraine have been accused of embezzling funds for border defenses
More Russian Officials Face Arrests and Sentences Amid . . . A former Defense Ministry envoy and a regional vice-governor are the latest officials to fall in a widening crackdown on corruption and abuse of power in Russia Two more Russian officials have been ensnared in the country’s intensifying campaign of arrests and prosecutions targeting high-level
Putins suddenly worried about corruption In Russia - Newsweek Russian President Vladimir Putin 's recent war machine purge of his top military and defense officials is part of an ongoing surge in corruption and bribery cases in the country amid the war
Russian corruption weakening Moscows war machine against Ukraine Widespread, systemic corruption is crippling Russia's war machine by undermining its ability to ramp up weapons production and sustain its costly, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, helping tilt the battlefield in Kyiv's favor, a report found