INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A former Russian military official responsible for overseeing clothing supplies was arrested on bribery charges, law enforcement
clothing department until April 2018.Investigators accuse Demchik of accepting 4 million rubles ($46,700) in bribes from the CEO of an
major crimes, the clothing company won 26 government contracts to supply the military between 2017 and 2018
The total value of those contracts was said to be 574 million rubles ($6.7 million).Demchik was responsible for ensuring supplies of new
ceremonial uniforms and footwear for the Russian military between 2015 and 2017, the state-run news agency TASSreported, citing an anonymous
law enforcement source.A military court in Moscow ruled to place Demchik, who now works as deputy CEO of the Textile Trade Company, in
He faces up to 15 years in prison if found guilty of bribery.The Investigative Committee said it would seek the arrest of the clothing
company CEO who allegedly bribed Demchik.Several former and current Russian Defense Ministry officials have been arrested on corruption
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