INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
and EU sanctions since 2022, when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine
responsible for?Ivanov oversaw construction, housing, property management, mortgages and procurement for the Armed Forces
linked to Russia's high-profile reconstruction of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which has been occupied by Russian forces after a
devastating months-long siege
Activists say the vast sums being poured into the Ukraine offensive have given officials new opportunities to enrich themselves through
acquired vast wealth through kick-backs on contracts he had secured at the ministry.In December 2022, the investigative team of the late
opposition figure Alexei Navalny said they had obtained thousands of leaked emails from Ivanov's wife, Svetlana Maniovich, that showed a
lavish lifestyle well beyond what his official salary could cover.They said she had spent hundreds of thousands of euros on luxury cars,
jewelry, clothes, parties, and renting premium property and yachts in the south of France.Some of the transactions were routed through third
parties, including Defense Ministry contractors, it alleged, adding that Ivanov had divorced his wife to allow her to bypass EU
case?Ivanov faces up to 15 years in prison for large-scale bribe-taking
It was not immediately clear why law enforcement would target one of the most senior officials with close ties to Shoigu, who is himself
Vyorstka quoted an anonymous former Defense Ministry employee as saying
Putin was declared the winner of his fifth overall presidential term last month and is expected to form a new cabinet of ministers after his
"bribe on a particularly large scale in the form of property services, during the course of contracting and subcontracting work for the
day of his arrest, Ivanov was seen attending the Defense Ministry advisory board meeting where Shoiguthreatened to continue striking
Western-supplied weapons in Ukraine.State-run and independent media bothreported that Ivanov had been on Russian law enforcement
[The Kremlin] knew about it long ago
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