On April 24, local time, there was a bombshell news from the Russian side. Russia's Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov was arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes by the Basman District Court in Moscow.
After that, Russian media published pictures of Ivanov's trial. I saw Ivanov wearing a general's uniform and wearing medals on his body. When confronted with a lawsuit filed in court, Ivanov pleaded not guilty.
Ivanov was born in 1975 and is in the prime of life.
In 2012, Ivanov became the deputy governor of the Moscow region, and in the following years, Ivanov rose through the ranks, eventually joining the Russian Ministry of Defense and becoming second only to Shoigu's deputy minister.
Because he has a doctorate in economics, he is responsible for the management of funds in the Russian Ministry of Defense.
This is a very important position, managing the distribution of finances in Russia, etc., and it also shows Shoigu's trust in him.
At the same time, this is also a very large position of "oil and water", so Ivanov has always been widely followed by public opinion.
A few years ago, some media questioned Ivanov's abnormal spending. For example, when he was on vacation, Ivanov's expenses were much greater than his salary.
His wife's consumption is even more suspicious. He has spent hundreds of thousands of euros on cars, jewelry, clothes, etc. It is a third-party company that pays for it.
Not only the media, but even Forbes magazine paid special attention to Ivanov. He was once evaluated as the richest person in the Russian "security apparatus".
Some foreign media even labeled Ivanov the "king of kickbacks".
Because the outside world is too loud to question, Ivanov is slowly becoming suspicious of Ivanov within Russia. As early as five years ago, an investigation into Ivanov began.
In Russia, if the amount of bribes received exceeds 1 million rubles, that is, nearly 80,000 yuan, it will be considered a huge amount.
TASS quoted a source as saying that Ivanov accepted bribes in more than 1 million rubles, and "the amount of bribes he received in various ways may exceed 1 billion rubles."
However, there is no official confirmation of this information at present. However, judging by the fact that Ivanov was approved for arrest, the amount of bribes he received must have been very high.
One might wonder how Ivanov, who worked in the Ministry of Defense, managed to get all this money?
As mentioned earlier, Ivanov is responsible for managing the funds of the Russian Ministry of Defense. Like the reconstruction of Mariupol, Ivanov was involved in it.
And Ivanov's opportunity to "fish for oil and water" lies in this. In addition to this, Ivanov was responsible for such large-scale projects as the Vostochny cosmodrome.
From the deputy minister of defense to the prisoner, this change has also come very quickly. However, at present, Russia is employing people, and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is not over.
The rash replacement of the person in charge of managing the funds shows that what Ivanov has done may not even be able to stand the Russian leadership.
After all, the behavior of "the front line is tight, the rear line is tight", is very excessive, and it will also chill the front-line soldiers.
A month ago, when Putin was re-elected, he issued instructions asking relevant Russian departments to strengthen anti-corruption work, and specifically mentioned the issue of defense procurement.
It was not even a month before Ivanov dismounted.
And after the arrest, there is a very interesting little detail. At that time Ivanov was in military uniform.
Some analysts believe that it may have been when Ivanov was suddenly arrested while a certain meeting was underway. Because of the suddenness of the incident, Ivanov was not prepared, so he was wearing a military uniform all the time.
Since then, Ivanov has refused to take off his military uniform, saying that he is not guilty. It was not until after the approval was completed that Ivanov was taken off his military uniform and sent to prison.
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Russian Deputy Defense Minister Ivanov was detained pending trial until June 23