Demanded a great bribe: Russia was detained

According to Russia, after a full -scale invasion of Ukraine, Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Timur Ivanov was responsible for the project from the "restoration" of the occupied city of Mariupol. The Russian Federation detained the Deputy Minister of Defense Timur Ivanov on suspicion of bribery. This was reported on April 23 by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. The details of the case are not disclosed in the Committee.

However, the Russian TASS agency, referring to sources in law enforcement agencies, claims that the investigation plans to invite Ivanov's arrest. Speaker of Russian President Dmitry Peskov stated that the head of the Kremlin Vladimir Putin was informed about the detention of Ivanov. In addition, it is reported that this was warned in advance by the Minister of Defense Sergei Shoig. In this case, the size and object of the bribe is not specified.

It is noted only that he is suspected of Article 290 (6) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. From this article it follows that the crime was committed by prior conspiracy of persons with a particularly large bribe. Particularly large sizes in the Russian Criminal Code include amounts exceeding one million rubles, which is approximately 421. 7 thousand hryvnias at the rate of the National Bank.

According to the Russian media "Medusa", Timur Ivanov has been the post of Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation since 2016. Earlier, he headed the Joint Stock Company "Defense", which is under the administration of the Ministry of Defense. After a full -scale invasion of Ukraine, Ivanov was responsible for the project from the "restoration" of the occupied city of Mariupol.

In 2022, the team of the late Russian oppositionist Alexei Navalny revealed Ivanov's real estate in Moscow, Moscow and Tver region, the total value of which exceeds one billion dollars. According to the Fund for Combating Corruption, Ivanova, a former adviser to the head of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Maria Kitaev, after the invasion of Russia into Ukraine made trips to different countries in Europe.