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>MILITARY CORRUPTION UPDATE. Criminal charges have officially been filed
>against Admiral Igor Khmelnov, former chief of staff of the Russian Navy,
>ITAR-TASS reported on 17 June. Maj.-Gen. Valerii Suchkov, the military
>procurator of the Pacific Fleet, said Khmelnov is charged with abusing his
>authority. Suchkov has said that beginning in August 1994, when Khmelnov was
>commander of the Pacific Fleet, two aircraft carriers were sold to South
>Korea, and the $9 million in proceeds were used to build new housing for
>officers in Khmelnov’s entourage. Proceeds from the sale of another 64
>warships to India and South Korea were also allegedly used to build housing
>for favored officers. Khmelnov was sacked by presidential decree in April.
>Former Deputy Defense Minister Konstantin Kobets was arrested the following
>month and charged with corruption, abuse of office, and illegal
>possession of
>firearms
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>PRIMAKOV DEFENDS SALE OF RUSSIAN MISSILES TO CYPRUS. Foreign Minister
>Yevgenii
>Primakov said on 16 June that Russia will proceed with the sale of S-300 air
>defense missiles to Greek-controlled Cyprus, despite Turkish and Western
>objections, AFP and ITAR-TASS reported. He said Moscow will consider
>canceling
>the deal only if Cyprus is demilitarized. Primakov was speaking to
>journalists
>in Moscow following a meeting with his Cypriot counterpart, Yiannakis
>Cassoulidis. The deal, agreed in January, was immediately criticized by
>Turkey, the U.S., and Britain. Russian officials rejected that criticism
>as an
>attempt to squeeze Russia out of the world arms market.