Nice to see they’re cleaning things up a bit, too.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Regnum] The Federal Security Service (FSB), together with the police, detained more than 20 individuals involved in organizing illegal migration and embezzling funds allocated for state defense procurement. This was reported on October 27 by the FSB Public Relations Center (PRC).
"The FSB, in cooperation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Perm, Rostov, Novgorod, and Ivanovo regions, stopped the illegal activities of the heads of several commercial companies related to the organization of an interregional criminal organization that operated to facilitate illegal migration and embezzle budget funds allocated for state defense contracts," the Center for Public Relations clarified.
By court order, 21 people were remanded in custody, and two more were placed under house arrest.
Previously, a criminal case was opened in the Nizhny Novgorod Region for the embezzlement of over 250 million rubles during the fulfillment of a state defense contract. According to the Russian Investigative Committee, from 2020 to 2025, a commercial company received funds under contracts with a research and development company, including for employee salaries. However, the employees were fictitiously employed, and the perpetrators pocketed their wages.
Prior to this, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case regarding the theft of more than 176 million rubles during the fulfillment of a state defense contract in Sevastopol.