This is reported by TASS.

According to him, when a businessman of the corporation pays billions of dollars without arrest, but by court decision and in the framework of criminal proceedings, it is possible to conduct interrogations and see a collective intent to commit theft of fraud.

"We need to support the very idea ... The same court, only criminal and large measures - penalties, then the corporation will understand: it is not profitable to steal, it is profitable to work honestly ... You don't need them to go to jail, so you pay for the pleasure and go somewhere in Italy, Spain, to the sea and everything will be fine, "he stressed.

Bastrykin also during a speech at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum said that corporations in the implementation of the state defense order allow facts of corruption and theft.

On December 8, the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia announced that in 2022 the Investigative Committee of Russia prosecuted 60 officials for corruption in the military-industrial complex.

He also noted that 250 people were prosecuted for corruption in the field of government contracts and public procurement.