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included the Institute of Economic Policy named after. Gaidar and the Association of Innovative Regions of Russia. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, in 2021 and 2022 the Gaidar Forum was held in a mixed format - studios were equipped on the RANEPA campus for presentations by experts, which participants followed online. The event was canceled in 2023 . The university explained this decision by the need to adjust the format of the event, including working with the expert community, as well as “revising the algorithms of behavior and interaction with external and internal audiences that have been built over the years.” Former rector of RANEPA Vladimir Mau in 2021 called for a search for new formats and mechanisms of the forum, since the previous ones were interesting ten years ago, but are now exhausted.
Four high profile arrests of the Russian military respectively defence ministry, all charged with corruption and bribery. Forget about the charges, all Russian generals and officials are guilty of that, even in large quantities. This is not the reason that those men have been detained. This is a purge and the reasons can be all attributed that those men have been a severe problem for the Putin regime.
Major-General Ivan Popov Lieutenant-General Yuri Kuznetsov Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov Lieutenant-General Vadim Shamarin
Shamarin is accused of receiving a bribe of at least 36 million rubles (about $392,000), and two people involved in the case from the Russian telecommunications industry have agreed to testify against him. Verteletskyi is accused of corruption and receiving a large bribe with a total loss of 70 million rubles ($763,000).
Five senior Russian Defense Ministry officials and former military commanders were arrested on corruption charges following the April 24 arrest of Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov.
A Russian insider source previously claimed that six more Defense Ministry officials are planning to resign after former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was removed from the leadership of the Ministry of Defense.
● War
In May, Russian forces have gained 171 square miles of Ukrainian territory, while Ukrainian forces have re-gained 1 square mile, according to
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