The detained Russian Deputy Defense Minister, Timur Ivanov, shortly before his arrest was present at a meeting of the board of directors of the defense department, as can be seen from a video published on April 23 on the Telegram channel of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
On the afternoon of April 23, the Ministry published a video recording of the speech by the head of the department, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu. In the recording, he gives a keynote speech at a meeting of the board of directors of the Russian Defense Ministry, dedicated to the situation in the special operations zone and the work of the Leningrad and Moscow military districts.
The video shows Timur Ivanov present at the event.
Recall that on the afternoon of April 23, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation announced the arrest of Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov. Investigators said they suspected he had received a bribe on an especially large scale.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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