Executive Summary:
In May, the Russian authorities placed Dmitry Semizorov, deputy general director of Uralvagonzavod, Russia’s largest tank manufacturer, and Alexander Gavrilov, general director of the Krasnoyarsk-based Krasmash plant, the sole producer of the RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, in pre-trial detention Criminal prosecutions of senior executives in the defense-industrial complex (DIC) have intensified in recent mont…