Short version of the news
Deputy minister detained in Russia defense of Timur Ivanov on suspicion of bribery. However, there are 2 main versions of what is actually happening in the aggressor country.
The first of them is a “showdown” between the FSB and representatives of the Ministry of Defense over “flows.” This opinion 24 Channel was expressed by political strategist Boris Tizengauzen, noting that the position of curator of all construction projects of the Russian Ministry of Defense and the maintenance of all facilities is quite a lot of money. Let us note that Ivanov was detained on April 23.
“Colossal amounts of money are being allocated for this. Of course, colossal amounts of money are being stolen,” the political strategist emphasized. the detention would have been postponed after the “inauguration” of Vladimir Putin.
That is he was directly dragged into the courtroom right away. Therefore, most likely, what we are talking about here is that Putin was convinced that Ivanov really worked for some other structure or special service,” Tizengauzen added.
Missed the moment
Now in Russia they are thinking about what exactly to charge the detainee. According to the political strategist, this is unlikely to be treason.
All because it will then turn out that the aggressor country missed this moment , because this man was involved in developing Russian offensive plans, had access to classified information and walked next to Putin. Tiesenhausen believes that this will be namely bribery. However, “higher up” in the aggressor country will understand what they really are for. They clearly whispered. This is another mistake after Crocus, that you, in principle, do not understand what is happening in your special services, who works for whom there,” added Boris Tizenhausen.
If, for example, we replace Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, then this will be a change in virtually the entire vertical of the department.
Detention of Ivanov: what is known
- Vladimir Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov stated that the Russian Minister of Defense was warned in advance about the detention of his deputy.
- Timur Ivanov was sent to a pre-trial detention center for 2 months. Russian media said that he was in fact arrested for treason. However, in Russia they don’t want to talk about this openly.
- The lawyer for Shoigu’s deputy convinces that Ivanov is only charged with bribery. And, they say, the information about treason is false.
- As a Channel 24 source in Ukrainian intelligence reported, the Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia was detained as a result of the actions of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Moscow Region. Ukrainian intelligence officers gained access to Ivanov’s documents and confidential information of the enemy. An investigation began against him when it became known in “wider circles of Russia.”
- British intelligence calls Ivanov’s arrest one of the most serious scandals of the decade.
