"This is Putin": the OP explained the arrest of the Deputy Minister of Defense of Russian Timur Ivanov (video)

The adviser to the chairman of the Presidential Office Mikhail Podolyak believes that the arrest of Deputy Sergei Shoigu, the Kremlin head, "caricature repeats" the events of the past years. Kremlin head Vladimir Putin does not invent anything new by repeating the actions of the Stalinist regime. Mikhail Podolyak, Advisor to the Presidential Office of the President of Ukraine, commented on the arrest of the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Timur Ivanov on the air of Channel 24.

He made analogies with events when the courts took place over communist party figures. According to the official, in this way the President of the Russian Federation "caricature repeats" the events of the past years. "It's Putin, a person with limited intelligence," Podolyak said. Podolyak noted that "any person who steals the Russian budget works for the countries of the West. " He called guilty of Putin's problems.

On April 23, the Investigative Committee of Russia announced that the Russian authorities detained Timur Ivanov. Russian law enforcement officers investigate the fact of receiving a bribe. He was arrested on April 24. Timur Ivanov will be kept in the territory of the Lefortovo pre -trial detention center. In addition, Sergiy Borodin, a accomplice of Ivanov, detained. He also worked in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

It became known that Timur Ivanov received a bribe "in particularly large size". This happened, according to investigators, during contracting and subcontracting work for the needs of the department. He was detained in the workplace, and in advance was warned by Sergiy Shoig, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, and also informed President Vladimir Putin. Ivanov did not admit his guilt in receiving a bribe.