MOSCOW — Russia’s former deputy protection minister was convicted on Tuesday on prices of embezzlement and cash laundering and handed a 13-year jail sentence in a high-profile case that uncovered rampant army corruption extensively blamed for Moscow’s military setbacks in Ukraine.
Timur Ivanov is probably the most seen determine in a far-ranging probe into alleged army graft that additionally focused a number of different high officers near former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. Shoigu, a veteran official who had private ties to President Vladimir Putin, survived the purges of his internal circle and was given the brand new high-profile put up of secretary of Russia’s Safety Council.
Ivanov, 49, was named deputy protection minister in 2016 and oversaw army development tasks, in addition to property administration, housing and medical assist for the army. He was identified for his lavish life-style that outraged many in Moscow simply because the combating in Ukraine uncovered obvious deficiencies in Russian army group and provides that resulted in battlefield setbacks.
Ivanov, who has been in custody since his arrest in April 2024, was convicted by the Moscow Metropolis Court docket of embezzling 3.9 billion rubles (about $50 million), the fees that he denied. The court docket additionally confiscated his property that included prized actual property and a set of classic automobiles.
Ivanov’s attorneys mentioned they’d enchantment the decision.
Ivanov has been sanctioned by each the USA and the European Union for his function in Moscow’s army motion in Ukraine.