Russian Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via Reuters/file
Moscow, April 24
A Russian court on Wednesday formally arrested Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov and charged him with bribery, the court said, following his detention on Tuesday.
The court remanded Ivanov in custody for two months and said that according to the charges he had put himself in a position to benefit from hiring contractors for the ministry where he oversaw construction activities.
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