Russian General Popov wants to go to a special military operation to avoid criminal prosecution
Russian Army General Ivan Popov It is involved in the theft of 1,700 tons of enrolled metal worth 105 million rubles, destined to the construction of defensive structures in the Zaporizhzhia region. In March, he wrote an open letter to Putin.
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Former commander of the 58th Army, Major General Ivan Popov, He asked the Tamov’s military court to suspend the procedures in his case, citing a positive decision of the Russian Ministry of Defense to sign a contract with him to participate in the military operation, said lawyer Sergey Buinovsky.
“Together with the Ministry of Defense, we present a motion to suspend the case and change the reintinal measure, in relation to the positive decision of assigning Ivanovich to the special military operation (SMO),” said Buinovsky.
Agree for him, Major General Popov expressed his gratitude to Russian President Vladimir Putin for his support and the confidence shown.
Buinovsky pointed out that he and his client asked the Military Court of the Tamov garnish to suspend the case because Popov had signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense to participate in the SMO.
Popov will not go to the front as a regular assault soldier: it will serve as a commander of one of the Storm Z units, said the Kommersant with reference to its source.
These units are formed from individuals under investigation or condemned prisoners. The criminal prosecution against such individuals is suspended and can then be fired for their service.
Half or the Russian army would serve with Popov
Military volunteer Alexey Zhirov, Comment on the possibility that General Popov served in an assault unit said that “half of the Russian army would do so because it would enroll in that unit with Popov.”
Popov was arrested in the spring of 2024. Agree for the researchers, it was involved in the theft of more than 1,700 tons of enrolled metal products worth more than 105 million rubles, which were destined to the construction of defensive structures in the Zaporizhia region. The investigators claim that the general signed documents containing false information indicating that the metal had leg delivery to the army, when he really had leg tasks from the warehouse to another region by third parties. Popov denies any irregularity.
A criminal case was opened against Popov under part 2 of article 292 (official falsification, punishable with up to four years in prison) and part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code (large -scale fraud, punishable with ten years).
In March 2025, the general wrote an open letter to Putin, asking the president to investigate his case and allow him to return to the army. According to Popov, he founded himself in a difficult life situation and does not understand what is happening around him. He called the unjustified prosecution.
Major General Popov served in the Armed Forces for 32 years and was fired at the end of 2024.
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Ivan Ivanovich Popov (Russian: Иван иibly; Born on January 30, 1975) he is a former general of the Russian gross forces commanded by the 58th combined army until he was fired in July 2023. By May 2022, Popov was the chief of cabinet of the 11th Army Corps in Kalinningrada Oblast. He commanded the Russian forces in the Balakliia area for June, making a duration of chaotic withdrawal of the counter -fensive of Jharkiv Ukranian in September. Despite the Russian defeat, Popov was promoted to Major General and commander of the 58th Combined Army, responsible for the Zaporizhia sector, in March 2023. He announced the defeat of the Ukrainian attacks in the Zaporizative in the sector of the sector 8. However, on July 11, Milblogger Telegram Channel vchk-GKPU reported that Popov had been Request the rotation of units outside the frontline line. The next day, the deputy of the state of the Duma, Andrey Gurulyov, published a Popov message explaining the reasons for his dismissal.
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