Vadim Anatolyevich Shamarin (Russian: Вадим Анатольевич Шамарин; born 10 June 1971 in Taganrog, RSFSR) is a Russian military officer serving as head of the Main Communications Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces and deputy chief of the Russian General Staff. He holds the rank of lieutenant general.[1]
Vadim Shamarin | |
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| Native name | Вадим Анатольевич Шамарин |
| Born | June 10, 1971 Taganrog, RSFSR |
| Allegiance |  Russia |
| Service | .svg){kind=small} Russian Armed Forces |
| Years of service | 1987–present |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Commands | Russian Signal Troops |
| Awards | Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" Order of Military Merit Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" Medal of Suvorov |
| Alma mater | Military Academy of Signal Corps |
Biography
editHe graduated from the Novocherkassk Higher Military Command School of Communications and the Military Academy of Communications
In 1992, he was the commander of the radio center's remote control platoon, and then rose to become the head of the communications center of the communications brigade.
In the early 2000s, he became commander of the communications brigade of the Eastern Military District.
In 2010, Shamarin became the head of communications of the Eastern Military District.[2]
In 2020, he was appointed to the position of acting head of the Main Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces for Communications and Deputy Chief of the General Staff.
In 2021, the prefix "acting" was dropped with the corresponding presidential decree was signed by President Vladimir Putin. Shamarin served in this position until 2024. On May 23, 2024, Shamarin was detained by the Main Military Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia and later arrested by the court for two months as a suspect in committing a crime under Part 6 of Art. 290 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Receiving a bribe on an especially large scale by an official"). Shamarin is suspected of receiving bribes (the so-called "kickback") totaling 36 million rubles from Alexey Vysokov, General Director of the Perm Telephone Plant Telta OJSC, and Elena Grishina, the chief accountant of the same company, who were arrested in 2023. In particular, according to the investigation, Shamarin assisted Vysokov and Grishina in obtaining government contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defense for a total amount of 442 million rubles[3] The event is part of a larger purge that took place in that period in the Ministry of Defense.
References
edit- ^ "Управляет связистами, отдыхает в Сочи. Что известно о задержанном генерал-лейтенанте Вадиме Шамарине" (in Russian).
- ^ "Чем известен замначальника Генштаба Вадим Шамарин" (in Russian). Kommersant. 2024-05-23. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ^ "Что известно об аресте главного связиста российской армии Шамарина" (in Russian). TASS.