A Russian deputy defense minister in charge of military construction projects and accused of living a lavish lifestyle was ordered jailed Wednesday pending an investigation and trial on charges of bribery,
The arrest on bribery charges of one of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s closest allies has weakened his position ahead of a potential government shuffle by President Vladimir Putin, according to people with knowledge of the situation.
Law enforcement agencies told TASS that "Everything that is registered to (Ivanov) and his wife, as well as to his ex-wives and five children, including adopted ones, (and) all this property has already been seized" for the purpose of interim measures should Ivanov be convicted.
A top Russian military official arrested on suspicion of accepting a bribe was sent to pre-trial detention Wednesday after appearing before a court in central Moscow, court officials said in a statement.
A third man has been detained in a bribery investigation centring on Deputy Russian Defence Minister Timur Ivanov, the Moscow court service said on Thursday. The widening scandal is the worst to hit the defence ministry since the start of the war in Ukraine,
Russia's Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov was arrested on charges of high treason, not merely corruption as initially reported, according to two independent sources cited by the Russian news outlet Vazhnye Istorii on April 24.
Timur Ivanov, Deputy Head of the Russian Defence Ministry, is in a Russian detention centre and is being persecuted by the Putin regime as a result of active measures taken by the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU).
STORY: In a glass cage in a Moscow court stands Russia's Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov on Wednesday (April 24), a day after he was arrested at work for accepting large bribes.The court remanded him in custody for two months and said Ivanov entered into a criminal conspiracy with third parties to receive property and services while working for the ministry of defense.
Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov was “sent to a pretrial detention center” on Wednesday, April 24, after he was arrested on suspicion of accepting a bribe.Ivanov was charged with “receiving a bribe on an especially large scale,