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| L'affaire Ivanov News Roundup for April 27th, 2024 |
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| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Borodin, a defendant in the bribery case against Deputy Defense Minister Ivanov, appealed his arrest [Regnum] On April 26, the Basmanny Court of Moscow received an appeal against the arrest order from the second defendant in the criminal case of a large bribe of the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Timur Ivanov - Sergei Borodin. Information about this is posted on the court's website. The appeal is registered in the case file. Borodin asks to reconsider the court decision on choosing a preventive measure in the form of arrest. He is accused of giving a bribe on an especially large scale to the main defendant in the case, Timur Ivanov (Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). According to investigators, Borodin was on friendly terms with Ivanov and entered into a criminal conspiracy with him. As Regnum reported, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov at a briefing on April 26 called on journalists to focus only on official statements on the Timur Ivanov case. Ivanov was detained at his workplace on the evening of April 23. In the morning the court arrested him until June 23. He was charged with receiving a bribe on an especially large scale. It was established that the deputy minister, having entered into a criminal conspiracy, received property benefits from contracting and subcontracting work for the needs of the Ministry of Defense. The bribe amount could be more than 1 billion rubles. Ivanov did not admit guilt in committing the crime. Two more people appear in the corruption case. This is businessman Sergei Borodin and co-founder of Olympsitistroy Alexander Fomin. They were also arrested by court order. Witnesses are questioned and searches are conducted. More from regnum.ru The Kremlin urges journalists to trust only official information on the Ivanov case For sure in a case rumored to bring down the top echelons of the Russian ministry of defense including Defense Minister Shoigu. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov at a briefing on April 26 urged journalists to focus only on official statements on the case of Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov. “In this case, I propose to rely only on official statements,” he said. Answering a question about the discovery, according to some reports, of expensive real estate belonging to Ivanov, the Kremlin representative noted that he did not know about it. “I have not heard official statements from the investigation on this matter. The investigation is ongoing, so we cannot say how true this information is; this is not our prerogative,” Peskov emphasized. As Regnum reported, Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Timur Ivanov was detained at his workplace on the evening of April 23. The next morning the court arrested him until June 23. He was charged with receiving a bribe on an especially large scale. According to investigators, Ivanov, having entered into a criminal conspiracy, received property benefits from contracting and subcontracting work for the needs of the Ministry of Defense. The bribe amount could be more than 1 billion rubles. Ivanov did not admit guilt in committing the crime. Two more people appear in the corruption case. This is entrepreneur Sergei Borodin and co-founder of Olympsitistroy Alexander Fomin. They were also arrested by court order. Even more from regnum.ru Source: episodes related to Mariupol may appear in Ivanov’s case In the criminal case of former Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Timur Ivanov, new episodes may appear related to contracts for the restoration of Mariupol. RT TV channel reported this on April 26,citing a source in law enforcement agencies. It is noted that the new episodes may also be related to contracts in other cities of new regions that were received by businessmen detained along with Ivanov. In addition, according to the source, new defendants may appear in the criminal case. As Regnum reported, law enforcement officers detained Ivanov at his workplace on the evening of April 23. The next morning the court arrested him until June 23. He was charged with receiving a bribe on an especially large scale. According to investigators, Ivanov, having entered into a criminal conspiracy, received property benefits from contracting and subcontracting work for the needs of the Ministry of Defense. The bribe amount could be more than 1 billion rubles. Ivanov did not admit guilt in committing the crime. Two more people appear in the corruption case. This is entrepreneur Sergei Borodin and co-founder of Olympsitistroy Alexander Fomin. They were also arrested by court order. Ivanov was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense in May 2016. He oversaw issues related to property management, troop quartering, housing and medical support for the Russian Armed Forces, construction, reconstruction and overhaul of Ministry of Defense facilities. He was in charge of the restoration of Mariupol. |
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