‘Nobody would have arrested him for corruption’ Russian deputy defense minister reportedly charged with bribery as cover story for treason investigation

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‘Nobody would have arrested him for corruption’ Russian deputy defense minister reportedly charged with bribery as cover story for treason investigation

A day after Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov was arrested for allegedly taking bribes, becoming the highest-ranking official to face felony charges in recent years, a Moscow court has sent him to pre-trial detention for two months. According to investigators, Ivanov took part in a criminal conspiracy in which he accepted “especially large bribes” while overseeing Defense Ministry construction and repairs projects. Sergey Borodin, a f…