Posted on 07/01/2025 12:23:03 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
In a landmark case highlighting a deepening purge within Russia's defense and security establishment, a court in Moscow sentenced former Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov to 13 years in prison.
The Moscow City Court on July 1 found Ivanov, the most visible figure in a massive probe into alleged military corruption that also targeted several other top officials close to former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, guilty of large-scale embezzlement and money laundering.
In addition to the prison sentence, Ivanov was fined 100 million rubles ($1.1 million), and stripped of his state honors, including the prestigious Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (2nd Class) and the title of "Honored Builder of Russia," both of which are highly esteemed in Russian military and political circles.
Also convicted in the same case was Anton Filatov, the former head of the state-linked logistics company Oboronlogistika, who received a 12.5-year prison sentence.
Ivanov, once considered a rising star in Russia's defense ministry and a close associate of then-Defense Minister Shoigu, oversaw major construction and procurement projects, including infrastructure for the Russian military. He played a key role in rebuilding occupied territories in Ukraine.
Less than three weeks after Ivanov's arrest in late April 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose military had been criticized at home for a perceived lack of progress and heavy losses during its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, sacked Shoigu.
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Can you imagine the kinds of sentences our politicians would get if the game wasn’t rigged?
At least he didn’t fall out of a window. Yet.
Putin fires incompetent Generals and imprisons thieving Oligarchs.
Neither of which has happened in the West for many decades.
(Trump fired a couple of 4 stars, but the rest, including this Douche, remain and have been promoted)
Your source points out that Donahue never said that, why post the claim?
Trump is wholy owned by the establishment, thus the western hate for Putin.
I can’t believe I respond to an Idiot like you.
Your Little Green Goblin will joining him shortly.😂🤡
I give zero credibility to that “denial”.
Also, this was a story in the UK press, also heard from Canadian military sources, and Australian and Denmark.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/sas-chiefs-refuse-us-request-24814423
Your story never reached any serious reporting, it originated from your first link with this hard hitting claim of “I understand that the commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division has told”, and now you link to the Mirror saying “A controversial American media report said a US officer told British special forces”.
No. The Mirror has it’s own separate sourcing in Britain.
“The reports were backed up by a UK special forces source back in the UK who spoke to the Daily Mirror over the weekend.”
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/sas-chiefs-refuse-us-request-24814423
LOL, look at those words, there is a reason the story never made it and stayed in its little unsourced speculation low end places.
You original source said “I understand that”
“The Mirror has learned”
“A controversial American media report said”
“The reports were backed up by a (unnamed, unranked, don’t know if he or she is in any military unit, or anything about the supposed person) UK special forces source”
Give it up, buddy !
Even the French were able to get their people out of Kabul.
But DEI Douche-clown Austin said rescuing Americans from Kabul was “impossible” !
So, other countries rescuing their people in Kabul would indeed make the USA “look bad”.
So Perfumed Prince ass-crawler Donahue had to “make it true”.
Just like the original stories said.
There is nothing to give up on my end, I merely pointed out your fake story, now you want to get off onto other topics.
Gen Donahue’s conduct was totally consistent with DEI-Austin’s declarations that Americans “couldn’t” be rescued.
Other countries actually doing it was an obvious embarrassment and absolutely did make the USA “look bad”.
Your fake story didn’t hold up then and doesn’t now, getting off into your other topics and complaints can’t change that.
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