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Russian defense ministry confirms death of Gen. Vlasov

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Russia's Defense Ministry has officially confirmed the death of Col.-Gen. Viktor Vlasov, the acting head of the ministry's housing department, a spokesman for the ministry said on Thursday.
MOSCOW, February 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Defense Ministry has officially confirmed the death of Col.-Gen. Viktor Vlasov, the acting head of the ministry's quartermaster service, a spokesman for the ministry said on Thursday.

A source in Russia's law enforcement bodies said earlier that the death of Vlasov, 57, may have been suicide, while the Russian Defense Ministry refused to comment.

The source added that Vlasov had recently launched multiple inquiries into the activities of the ministry's quartermaster service, in the course of which he had discovered a number of violations.

The Russian Prosecutor General's office has launched a criminal investigation in the death of the military official.

Vlasov coordinated an ambitious ministry program on the provision of residential apartments for families of military servicemen, which had a budget of 13 billion rubles (about $530 million) in 2007.

In all, 36.7 billion rubles ($1.5 billion) were spent last year on the provision of residential apartments for military servicemen and their families.

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