~6 0~p>The day before, Deputy Defense Minister Shoigu Timur Ivanov was detained in Russia
Investigation against Russian Deputy Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu – Timur Ivanov – probably offended the more senior one – First Deputy Minister of Defense Ruslan Tsalikov.
The UK Ministry of Defense writes about this.
So, the FSB interrogated Ruslan Tsalikov in the case of corruption in the Russian Ministry of Defense. Ruslan Tsalikov, referred to as the “patron” of Timur Ivanov, was interrogated by the FSB in connection with Ivanov’s case.
He is probably the third person in the hierarchy of the Russian Ministry of Defense after Defense Minister Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff General Valery Gerasimov.
“Like Ivanov “Tsalikov has long-standing ties with Defense Minister Shoigu. He worked under Shoigu at the Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergency Situations, and then followed him first to the office of the governor of the Moscow region, and then in 2012 to the Ministry of Defense,” the statement noted. intelligence.
There is also a real possibility that the investigation into Ivanov could also include Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, as some sources claim that Defense Ministry construction agencies built a house for Siluanov.
“Corruption has long been a problem in the Russian Ministry of Defense. In 2019, Chief Military Prosecutor Valery Petrov said that corruption is “practically the root of most problems in the rule of law.” Corruption has been a factor in Russia's poor performance, especially at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, when there were accusations of expired Russian rations, poor-quality tires, and reports of fuel theft,” the British Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
Recall that Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Timur Ivanov was arrested on suspicion of receiving a bribe of 1 million rubles. The so-called RosSMI wrote that law enforcement officers are carrying out ” special events” at Ivanov's dacha in Dagestan.
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