Russia detains deputy of defence minister Sergei Shoigu for 'large scale' corruption
Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russia n Federation Timur Ivanov , with President Vladimir Putin , and Russia n Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu , during an event in September 2018. He is accused of taking bribes on a particularly large scale". Russia n security services detained one of Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu's deputies on suspicion of taking major bribes, the highest-profile corruption case since President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022.
Ivanov, who has served as deputy minister since 2016, was in charge of property management, housing, construction and mortgages at the defence ministry. The defence ministry has made no comment. "Lets just say the investigation did not start yesterday, the day before yesterday or even a month ago," an unidentified Russia law enforcement source told the TASS state news agency. FSB military counter-intelligence was involved, TASS said.
Within the Russian elite, there are a range of views on the war, which has had touched off the worst breakdown in relations between Russia and the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Ivanov, who was born in Moscow, graduated with a degree in mathematics from Moscow State University and completed a dissertation in the organisational models for the construction of nuclear power plants.
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