2024-04-23 20:27:32
Allegations of corruption against Ivanov
Russian deputy defense minister arrested
April 23, 2024, 9:47 pm
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One of the deputies of the Russian Minister of Defense Shoigu has been accused of accepting bribes. Timur Ivanov, 48 years old, has now been arrested. Kremlin opponent Navalny, who died in custody, was already accused of unfair means in 2022.
More than two years after the start of the war, one of several deputy defense ministers in Russia was arrested. Timur Ivanov is suspected of accepting bribes, the Investigative Committee of Russia said on Telegram. The authority did not provide any details. The state agency TASS reports that he is accused of accepting bribes of at least one million rubles, or at least a little less than 10,000 euros. He has up to 15 years in prison.
According to media reports, Ivanov, in the post since 2016, was mainly responsible for construction projects in the Ministry of Defense – including in the occupied eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which was completely destroyed by the Russian army itself during the siege in the first months of it. the war in 2022.
Navalny accused Ivanov two years ago
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has a total of twelve deputies. After the beginning of the war, accusations of corruption against 48-year-old Ivanov had already been made by the staff of Kremlin opponents Alexei Navalny, who has since died in custody: In research published at the end of 2022, the Kremlin opponents accused Ivanov that the construction of real estate in some regions of Russia by contractors Is the Ministry of Defense funded.
Other investigative media outlets have exposed Russian Defense Ministry corruption schemes as part of the Mariupol reconstruction. Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, said after the arrest that Putin and Shoigu had been informed.
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