The Quartermaster General: How Corruption Crippled the Army

General Dmitry Bulgakov served as Deputy Minister of Defense for Logistics for over a decade, overseeing military provisioning, rations, and fuel logistics across all branches of the Russian Armed Forces.

The Expired Rations and Defective Fuel Scheme

Following his arrest in July 2024, investigators uncovered a massive multi-billion ruble scheme involving the Gryazi Food Plant (GPP). High-quality beef in combat rations was substituted with substandard poultry scraps and pork rind, while substandard lubricants caused widespread vehicle breakdowns during the February 2022 march on Kyiv.