Russian general, Defense Ministry official, held for fraud
MOSCOW, Russia: As part of a sweeping investigation into abuse of office in the top echelons of the Russian military leadership, the government arrested the director of a military exhibition park and a senior Defense Ministry official.
Vyacheslav Akhmedov, head of the Patriot Park, sometimes called Russia's "military Disneyland", and Major General Vladimir Shesterov, deputy of the Defense Ministry's innovations