Overnight, the top of the Russian army ushered in a major reshuffle, and General Ivanov under Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was the first to be "opened". Ivanov, as the Russian Deputy Defense Minister, although he was arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes, coincided with the critical juncture when Russian President Putin was about to officially take office, which was more like a reshuffle of the Russian government, and many people believed that this matter was not only aimed at Ivanov, but more likely to be aimed at Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
According to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov was detained on suspicion of accepting bribes, and because of the huge amount of bribes, Ivanov will face up to 15 years in prison and be fined 70 times the amount of bribes. Ivanov was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia in May 2016, responsible for the management of the property of the Russian Armed Forces, the stationing of troops, housing and medical support, etc., which can be fished a lot, it can be said that Ivanov's hands are likely not to be "clean", but in his 8 years as Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia there have been no problems, a large part of the reason is because he is a close confidant of Shoigu, no one dares to touch him.
Since Shoigu is under his cover, and no one dares to touch him, why was he decisively taken down this time just because he was suspected of accepting bribes of 1 million rubles, and even faced nearly 15 years in prison? It has to be mentioned that the timing of Ivanov's "fall" can be called quite delicate. Russian President Vladimir Putin will officially take office on May 7, according to the regulations, the Russian government will also be replaced, and at this critical juncture, the Russian Deputy Minister of Defense was arrested on suspicion of taking bribes, and the official release news is that Ivanov recently received a bribe of 1 million rubles, but because this time is too coincidental, more people think that Ivanov's "fall" is more like the beginning of a major change of the Russian government, and then it may be the turn of his immediate boss, Russian Defense Minister Shoigu.
On the eve of Putin's official assumption of office, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu will decisively take down Putin, which is somewhat of a "killing the chicken and setting an example" in it, but it is unknown whether Ivanov's arrest will have an impact on his immediate superior's re-election as Russian defense minister.
Because behind Ivanov's arrest, it is far more than just being suspected of taking bribes, first of all, on the issue of the nature of his family, accepting a bribe of 1 million rubles is not so important. Zakharova has Israeli citizenship, their daughter has dual citizenship of Israel and France, and Zakharova has led their children to live in NATO countries for a long time, although because of the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, in order to escape NATO sanctions, she has divorced Ivanov, but she still leads their daughter to live in NATO countries, and even in order to hug NATO's thighs, their daughter also wrote an article against the "Russian special military operation", which is undoubtedly blatantly against Russia.
The second is that the Russian defense industry spends too much, and it is time to rectify the problem of corruption among high-ranking officials in the country, and Ivanov has always had a bad reputation, so he naturally became the first to be caught and "opened", and at the same time, it is also a warning to other Russian high-level officials. After the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, many internal contradictions in Russia have emerged, and the problem of corruption is particularly serious.
After Ivanov was arrested, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that President Putin had been informed of the news, and Shoigu had also been "notified in advance", which shows that Putin was likely to have greeted Shoigu in advance before arresting Ivanov, so there are too many factors for Ivanov's arrest, which does not mean that Shoigu's turn will be the next step in Russia's high-level changes. After all, Russia is still at war with Ukraine, and it is taboo to change generals on the spot, and it doesn't matter if you replace an Ivanov at this time, but it is obviously not very realistic to take down Shoigu, who is the "number one leader of the Russian army", so Ivanov's arrest should not implicate Shoigu to a large extent.
All in all, although according to the regulations, the official appointment of the Russian president also means a major reshuffle of high-level Russian officials, but at present, Russia is in a period of war, the situation is different from the past, and it is definitely not advisable to change the battle, so President Putin should retain the original government team to a large extent, but the new officials take office with three fires, there will definitely be personnel adjustments, and some internal contradictions in the country will also take certain measures。