Lieutenant General Vadim Shamarin, a deputy chief of the Russian Armed Forces’ General Staff and head of the Main Directorate of Communications, was detained for allegedly receiving a large bribe, the Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti reported on May 23, citing a court statement. The news comes only as the latest case to rock Russia’s military and security apparatus. The Interfax news agency reported, citing an undisclosed source, that Shamarin has been taken in for questioning. The state-controlled outlet Kommersant also reported on Shamarin’s detention, saying that the general had …