Speaking at the annual board meeting of the chief military prosecutor's office, Petrov identified corruption as “the root cause of most problems in the rule of law,” calling on nationwide efforts to crack down on violations.
More than 2,800 Russian military officials were brought to justice for corruption in 2018, he said.
The chief military prosecutor’s office oversees more than 7,000 state contracts valued at 1.7 trillion rubles, Interfax quoted him as saying.