On July 6, Moscow time, the Russian TASS news agency released a video of former Deputy Minister of Defense Tatyana Shevtsova denying that she fled to France with a huge sum of money, and stated that she is now in the Russian capital Moscow. Shevtsova said: "I watched a wonde

Moscow time on July 6, Russia's TASS news agency released a video of former Deputy Minister of Defense Tatiana Shevtsova denying that she fled to France with a huge sum of money, and said that she is now in the Russian capital Moscow.

Shevtsova said: "I watched a wonderful dance competition in the Kremlin today, where an excellent dance duo showed their superb skills. Of course, all (the news about my trip to France) is not true. ”

html On July 1, Russian media Tsargrad reported citing sources that after the detention of former Deputy Minister of Defense Timur Ivanov and former Director of the General Directorate of Personnel of the Ministry of Defense Yuri Kuznetsov, the former The reason why Deputy Minister Shevtsova disappeared from public view was that she had fled to France with a huge sum of money and surrendered to NATO.

Tsargradgrad (Царьград) was founded in 2015 by Konstantin Malofeev and is an advocate of the far right, democracy, conservatism and monarchism.

In August 2010, Shevtsova assumed the post of Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia.

Her responsibilities are mainly to supervise the financial support, organization and execution of the Russian Federation Armed Forces (equivalent to the "General Accountant" of the Russian Army). It is under the jurisdiction of the Financial Security Department, Financial Planning Department, Social Security Department, and Economic Analysis and Forecasting Department. , the National Order Financial Monitoring Department and several other business and audit departments.

Previously, she served as Deputy Director of the Federal Tax Service and as an advisor to the Ministry of Defense during Anatoly Serdyukov's tenure as Defense Minister.

On June 17, 2024, Russian President Putin signed an order to remove Shevtsova, Pankov, Tsarikov and Popov from their positions as deputy ministers of defense, and at the same time retired Popov from active service.

Previously, their direct leader, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, had been removed from the ministerial position and transferred to the position of Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

In recent months, several senior Russian military officers have become defendants in criminal cases. Among them, Ivanov and Kuznetsov were accused of taking bribes.

In response, the Kremlin stated that combating corruption is a routine task of the legal department and that no so-called "purge" operations have occurred within the Ministry of Defense. (Vinson | July 7, 2024)

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