The commander of the Baltic naval base was arrested in St. Petersburg in connection with a bribery case. The 224th Garrison Military Court sent the commander of the Leningrad Naval Base of the Baltic Fleet, Alexei Soglobov, to a pre-trial detention center on charges of bribery (Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code), Fontanka reports. According to the publication, the first-class captain was arrested on October 21 red-handed in Kronstadt while receiving 1.5 million rubles. Together with him, the head of the naval engineering service of the Federal State Institution of the Ministry of Defense in Blomonosov, Lieutenant Colonel Alexei Ionov, was arrested. He was accused of the same and also arrested. According to the investigation, since the end of 2025, officers have systematically received money from businessmen for the illegal transfer of naval base space in Leningrad for commercial use and general patronage. In particular, entrepreneurs mined sand and crushed stone in the military town of Lomonosov. The pits created after mining were then filled with construction waste, allowing the companies to save on disposal, the filing said. Soglobov and Ionov are accused of several crimes of accepting bribes worth millions of rubles. They face up to 15 years in prison. More details.

The commander of the Baltic naval base was arrested in St. Petersburg in connection with a bribery case. The 224th Garrison Military Court sent the commander of the Leningrad Naval Base of the Baltic Fleet, Alexei Soglobov, to a pre-trial detention center on charges of bribery (Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code), Fontanka reports. According to the publication, the first-class captain was arrested on October 21 red-handed in Kronstadt while receiving 1.5 million rubles. Together with him, the head of the naval engineering service of the Federal State Institution of the Ministry of Defense in Blomonosov, Lieutenant Colonel Alexei Ionov, was arrested. He was accused of the same and also arrested. According to the investigation, since the end of 2025, officers have systematically received money from businessmen for the illegal transfer of naval base space in Leningrad for commercial use and general patronage. In particular, entrepreneurs mined sand and crushed stone in the military town of Lomonosov. The pits created after mining were then filled with construction waste, allowing the companies to save on disposal, the filing said. Soglobov and Ionov are accused of several crimes of accepting bribes worth millions of rubles. They face up to 15 years in prison. More details.