General Ivan Popov will retire as a private soldier, and Vladimir Bykov will continue to "roll around" with shoulder straps and lamps.

      At the same time, according to the lawyer, Popov has an agreement with the Ministry of Defense to be sent to his military base. The 47-year-old former army commander is likely to lead the Storm Z assault squad, which is formed from former detainees or prisoners. So lawyer Sergei Bubnovsky asked the Tambov Garrison Military Court to suspend the proceedings in his client's case.

      By the way, according to Bubnovsky, neither the investigation nor the court was able to prove Popov's involvement in the "disappearance" of more than one and a half thousand tons of rolled metal products intended for the construction of defensive structures in the Zaporizhia region. As well as metal sales for 114 million rubles. The injured party is missing from Popov's criminal case, as well as information that the general lives in a "squalid panel house and drives an old car."

      While Kirov ex-mayor and ex-head of the Legislative Assembly— retired General Vladimir Bykov (who will turn 72 on June 22), sentenced to 8 years and 8 months of "strict regime", is serving his sentence with the rank of major General. "Considering that Bykov's crime was not committed during his military service and a considerable time has passed since his discharge from military service (since 2006), the court sees no reason to deprive Bykov of his military rank and state awards in accordance with Article 48 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation," the court verdict says.

      Also, most likely, Bykov still has a general's pension — at least 65 thousand rubles, army and civilian awards and titles, and all government preferences due to him.

      At the same time, the deputies of the City Duma deprived the former head of Kirov of the Honorary Badge "For Services to the city of Kirov" in connection with his sentencing on fraud with the land of Victory Park and receiving a bribe.But in the corridor of the Legislative Assembly, there is still a "chest portrait" of Vladimir Vasilyevich in a pretentious 35x70 frame. Although the damage he caused is unlikely to be significantly less than that imputed to Ivan Popov — 100 million rubles, since the land of Victory Park was sold 400 times cheaper than its real value. And the penalties exceed the priestly ones by several times.