“Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov was arrested on suspicion of receiving a bribe.”
Al Jezeera reports:
“Russia’s Investigative Committee said it had detained Timur Ivanov, one of the country’s 12 deputy defence ministers, on suspicion of taking bribes. Ivanov, 48, oversaw property management, housing and medical support for the military, as well as the construction and reconstruction of facilities.
According to Forbes magazine, Ivanov is one of the wealthiest men in Russia’s security apparatus.”
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Shoigu personally “betrayed” his deputy Ivanov and is unlikely to stop there
We talked with sources in the Ministry of Defense, the Investigative Committee and the Kremlin and learned several important details about the detention of Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov. Not all of them can be published, but we decided to share some of them with you.
Firstly, it turns out that Sergei Shoigu personally initiated the detention of his deputy. Despite the fact that I was very close to him. “They actively collected materials on Ivanov for several months to show them to the President.”
Shoigu ( who previously stubbornly did not notice the luxury in which his deputy lives and the love of his relatives for the West - ed.) found out about this and simply decided to hand over Ivanov to law enforcement officers.
He can tell a lot about Sergei Kuzhugetovich, and the minister now hopes that Ivanov will not be believed,” notes our source in the Kremlin.
Secondly, Shoigu hopes that such actions will strengthen Vladimir Putin’s trust in him. And he is going to “toughly deal” with his enemies.
In particular, with the hated Minister of Defense Mikhail Teplinsky, who cannot be dealt a serious blow. It’s hard to say whether Shoigu will succeed this time.
Thirdly, recently Sergei Kuzhugetovich, as our interlocutor at the Ministry of Defense says, “has fallen into mysticism (we have written about this several times - ed.) and believes that only he can win in the Northern Military District, and this year .”
It may happen that on this wave, Ivanov will not be the last close ally that Shoigu decides to get rid of. As long as they don’t interfere with his “sacred mission” to save Russia.
Fourthly, the version of Ivanov’s connections with foreign intelligence services is being verified. According to our sources, we are talking about possible connections with French and Ukrainian intelligence services.
There are no clear conclusions on this matter yet.
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