Text taken from the an unidentified RIA Novosti article.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] The detained former Deputy Minister of Defense Bulgakov lobbied for the interests of JSC Gryazinsky Food Plant, using his official position.
A case has been opened against the management of this JSC under the article on misappropriation of property, the agency's interlocutor said.
A system was created for supplying low-quality food to the troops at inflated prices, even in the conditions of the Second Military District.
Check the expiration dates on frozen foods from your local BX/PX.
The former deputy minister received kickbacks from commercial entities whose interests he lobbied for when concluding contracts with the Defense Ministry, the agency's interlocutor noted.
According to the latest open declaration of 2018, the former Deputy Minister of Defense Dmitry Bulgakov, detained in a corruption case, earned 15.2 million rubles in a year.
During Bulgakov's service as deputy minister, his wife acquired a land plot of 23 acres and a house with an area of ​​​​more than 620 square meters.
A premium Lexus RX350 crossover was also registered in the name of the general's wife. At the same time, her income in 2018 was only 226,000, similar amounts were in previous years, with the exception of 2010, when she sold the house and earned about 10 million.
P.S. Surely among the readers of the channel there are people who have tried the products of the Gryazinsky Food Plant, for interest, write how you thought this product was of high quality/low quality, was it noticeable that they were messing with the composition?
The contents of the Russian MRE looks good to me. Beats soup, black bread and tea, the most common food served to Russian/Soviet troops back in the day.
Some background via regnum.ru
Former Deputy Defense Minister Bulgakov Arrested on Corruption Charges
[Regnum] Former Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Dmitry Bulgakov was detained on suspicion of corruption, the FSB reported on July 26.
The official representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Svetlana Petrenko, stated that the court chose a preventive measure for Bulgakov in the form of detention.
Now the security forces are conducting the necessary investigative actions with him. The criminal case is being investigated by the Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
Bulgakov held the post of Deputy Minister of Defense from 2008 to 2022. In September 2022, he was relieved of his post due to a transfer to another job.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, at the end of April and in May it became known that four high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Defense had been detained.
Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Timur Ivanov was detained on April 23. He was accused of accepting a bribe on an especially large scale and taken into custody.
On May 14, Petrenko reported the arrest of the head of the Defense Ministry's personnel department, Yuri Kuznetsov. He was accused of accepting a bribe on an especially large scale. He is in pretrial detention by a court decision.
Former commander of the 58th Army Ivan Popov was accused of fraud in the construction of defensive fortifications and theft of 1,700 tons of metal structures, the value of which is estimated at 130 million rubles. He is under house arrest.
The head of the Main Communications Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Vadim Shamarin, was accused of accepting a bribe on an especially large scale; the court arrested him until October 21. The general was removed from his post. Shamarin partially admitted his guilt.