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India Today
01-07-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Russia jails ex-deputy defence minister for 13 years in corruption trial
Russian former deputy defence minister Timur Ivanov was found guilty of corruption and condemned to 13 years in a penal colony on Tuesday, the harshest sentence yet in a series of graft cases against defence was arrested in April 2024 on suspicion of taking bribes, and investigators added new embezzlement charges in October. More than a dozen people, including two other former deputy ministers, have been arrested in investigations into separate trial was closed on grounds of state secrecy. Anton Filatov, a former logistics company boss on trial with Ivanov, received a 12-1/2 year sentence. State media reported that the total sum embezzled was 4.1 billion roubles ($48.8 million), mostly in the form of bank transfers to two foreign who pleaded not guilty, was stripped of all state awards and the court confiscated 2.5 billion roubles worth of property, cars and cash from media said he and his wife owned a luxury apartment in central Moscow, a three-storey English-style mansion on the outskirts of the capital and an extensive collection of classic cars, including a Bentley and an Aston "Z-bloggers", an influential group of war correspondents, have voiced outrage at the scale of corruption reported in the defence establishment while young Russians are dying fighting in blogger, Alexander Kots, said 13 years was a long sentence but corrupt defence officials should be put on trial in wartime as "traitors to the Motherland".SHOIGU DEPUTIESIvanov had since 2016 been responsible at the defence ministry for big logistics contracts, including those related to property management, housing and medical was a deputy to Sergei Shoigu, who was replaced as defence minister last year but retains an important role as secretary of President Vladimir Putin's Security of Shoigu's other former deputies have been arrested in separate investigations. In April, the former deputy head of the army's general staff, Lieutenant-General Vadim Shamarin, was sentenced to seven years in a penal colony for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in prosecutions signal a drive by Putin to clamp down on graft, inefficiency and waste in Russia's huge military budget as it wages war in Ukraine. Defence spending accounts for 32% of the federal budget this has also moved to clamp down on military corruption. A deputy defence minister in charge of weapons purchases was sacked in January, while in April authorities accused five suspects of involvement in a procurement scandal.- EndsMust Watch
Russia Today
01-07-2025
- Business
- Russia Today
Russia's former deputy defense minister gets 13 years in $50mn corruption case
Russia's former deputy defense minister, Timur Ivanov, has been sentenced to 13 years in a penal colony after being found guilty of embezzling state funds, the Moscow City Court announced on Tuesday. The 49-year-old, arrested in April 2024, previously held senior roles in Russia's energy and construction sectors. Before his appointment as deputy defense minister in 2016, Ivanov led the state contractor Oboronstroy and worked at several major firms. In his government role, he oversaw large-scale military construction projects. The court found Ivanov and his former subordinate Anton Filatov guilty of embezzling 216.6 million rubles ($2.8 million) during the 2015 purchase of two ferries, carried out by Oboronstroy on behalf of the Defense Ministry for the Kerch Strait crossing. The pair was also convicted of stealing and laundering 3.9 billion rubles ($50 million) that had belonged to the now-bankrupt Interkommerz Bank. Both men have denied any wrongdoing. In his final statement, Ivanov insisted that the ferry deal was lawful and had even earned him a state award. He argued that even if there were grounds for prosecution, they bore no relation to the current charges. Filatov was sentenced to 12 and a half years in a penal colony and fined $318,000 – he claimed the case had been based on investigative errors and 'speculative' conclusions. Ivanov, who also faces two separate bribery charges, was fined $1.2 million and stripped of state honors, including the title of Merited Builder of Russia. The court also approved the seizure of more than $32 million worth of his assets, including real estate, vehicles, and bank holdings. According to RBK, the defense intends to appeal the verdict, citing procedural violations and a lack of direct evidence. Ivanov was among a number of top military officials arrested following a major reshuffle at the Defense Ministry last year.
Arab News
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Former Russian deputy defense minister is sentenced to 13 years for corruption
Ivanov was arrested in April 2024 on suspicion of taking bribesIvanov, who had pleaded not guilty, was also stripped of all his state awards MOSCOW: Former Russian deputy defense minister Timur Ivanov was found guilty of corruption on Tuesday and sentenced to 13 years in was arrested in April 2024 on suspicion of taking bribes, and investigators added new embezzlement charges in case is part of the biggest slew of corruption scandals to hit the Russian defense establishment in years. More than a dozen people, including two other former deputy ministers, have been arrested in a series of who had pleaded not guilty, was also stripped of all his state awards. His lawyer said he would media reported that the total sum alleged to have been embezzled by Ivanov and others was 4.1 billion roubles ($48.8 million), mostly in the form of bank transfers to two foreign trial took place behind closed doors on grounds of state secrecy. A former subordinate of Ivanov, Anton Filatov, was sentenced to 12-1/2 media said Ivanov and his wife owned a luxury apartment in central Moscow, a three-story English-style mansion on the outskirts of the capital and an extensive collection of classic cars including a Bentley and an Aston arrest last year was celebrated by Russia's 'Z-bloggers,' an influential group of war correspondents and analysts who support Moscow's invasion of Ukraine but argue that front-line troops have been let down by the military top brass, whom they have frequently portrayed as incompetent, out-of-touch and corrupt.
