The court extended the arrest of ex-Deputy Defense Minister Ivanov until October 23.

The Moscow City Court extended the arrest of former Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Timur Ivanov, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison in the case of embezzlement of funds from the bank "Intercommerce" and embezzlement of money when buying ferries for the Kerch ferry, until October 23. This was reported on July 21 by a correspondent of Izvestia.

The arrest of two other defendants, businessman Sergei Borodin, who made a deal with the investigation, and Alexander Fomin, co—founder of Olimpcitystroy LLC, was extended for a similar period.

State the guilt: Timur Ivanov denies embezzlement of 4 billion rubles

The Moscow City Court began to consider the merits of the case of the former deputy defense Minister.

Ivanov was detained on April 23, 2024. He is charged with accepting a bribe in the amount of 1,185 billion rubles. According to the investigation, he was in a criminal conspiracy with the heads of contractors working at the facilities of the Ministry of Defense, and concluded contracts with them in exchange for personal remuneration.

On July 1, the Moscow City Court found Ivanov guilty and sentenced him to 13 years in a penal colony. In addition, he was also fined 100 million rubles.

Ivanov's defense appealed the verdict on July 15. According to his lawyer Denis Baluyev, in the appeal, the defense asked to cancel the decision of the court of first instance in the case of embezzlement and to stop criminal prosecution on it.

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