Ex-Officer Says Troops Fed Dog Food to Save Money

Interior Ministry troops were fed dog food earlier this year to save money, a former officer in the ministry said Thursday. A rare whistleblower in the country’s expansive security forces, ex-Major Igor Matveyev said officers tried to cover up the scandal and other alleged wrongdoing at the Interior Ministry troops base where he served in the far eastern city of Vladivostok. Matveyev, a Chechen war veteran, […]