Top Russian military officials are being arrested. Why is it happening?
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Analysis - A series of arrests raises questions about Putin reasserting control or a possible turf battle between the military and security services.
All face charges of corruption
Russia's security and intelligence service FSB is leading the purge against the Russian defence leadership with President Vladimir Putin's blessing, according to reports
The arrests began last month when a Russian deputy defense minister was detained. Then the head of the ministry’s personnel directorate was hauled into court. This week, two more senior military officials were detained. All face corruption charges. They started shortly before President Vladimir Putin began his fifth term and shuffled his ally, longtime Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, into a new post. The changes immediately raised questions about whether Putin was reasserting control over the Defense Ministry amid the war in Ukraine, whether a turf battle had broken out between the milit...