10 billion in dry rations: the heads of the Gryazinsky food processing plant will be tried for embezzlement during military supplies.
September 28 in Moscow's Basmanny Court takes place A preliminary hearing in the criminal case against the directors and co-owners of JSC Gryazinsky Food Plant, accused of embezzlement during the supply of dry rations to the military.
According to investigators, while fulfilling state contracts, the defendants supplied military units with dry rations at inflated prices. Investigators previously estimated the damage at 22,6 billion rubles, but later reduced it to 10.079 billion rubles.
The defendants in the case and the person who died in the pretrial detention center
Valery Kovalevich, CEO of JSC Gryazinsky Food Plant (GPK), and Alexander Mikhayilenko, head of the company's Moscow branch, will appear in court. Igor Kotelnikov, founder of TP Logistik LLC and Exist LLC, both registered in Moscow and the Moscow region, was charged posthumously: in July 2024, a month after his arrest, he died in pretrial detention of a heart attack.
Corruption within the Ministry of Defense
Criminal cases involving embezzlement, misappropriation, and bribery during the war years have targeted the highest-ranking officials of the Ministry of Defense. Four former deputy defense ministers have been implicated: Timur Ivanov, Dmitry Bulgakov, Pavel Popov, and Ruslan Tsalikov.
According to Vladimir Kolokoltsev, head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in 2025 alone, the proven damage from approximately one thousand crimes in the military-industrial complex exceeded Eight billion rubles. Kolokoltsev noted that this is only the "tip of the iceberg."