What's Behind The Arrest Of Russia's Deputy Defense Minister?

Russia's Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov has been arrested on suspicion of taking bribes worth $10 billion, according to Russian media. He could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted. Analysts weigh in on why it could weaken his boss, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
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[@dougveganparadisebuilder5808]

He must have forgotten to pay off somebody.

[@BlutoandCo]

Putin.

[@alkazeicer9616]

treason more likely. being corrupt is part of the job

[@creosl]

The Russian oligarks calls their mafia system for "family".

[@queenofstamford3141]

This is Putin's revenge for Prigoshin

[@marcusaurelius3487]

As if Ukraine isn’t 1 position ahead of Russia in the EU corruption index

[@mastervibes2296]

He must have forgot something for Putin

[@mark-ib7sz]

No kickbacks, just another Russian scumbag.

[@feodosiyaonline1555]

Putin doesn't even know who it is.

[@marcusaurelius3487]

As if Ukraine isn’t 1 position ahead of Russia in the EU corruption index

[@SunnyChin-pf6rj]

Criminals arresting and sentencing criminals…….

[@jonelbondyingnuezca742]

Like the USA

[@CrucialConflict.]

Putin doesn't like competition.

[@jonelbondyingnuezca742]

@@CrucialConflict. US does not want competition too, they want all oil.

[@Talinthis]

Gotta blame somebody when things go wrong, and it isn't going to be the highest ranked ones.

[@nostalgiccyborg2201]

​​@@jonelbondyingnuezca742Like latin unsafe, criminal gang, violence, lots of drugs, where police and politican are so currupt in the world countries.

[@kathleenmccrory9883]

He didn't get permission from Putin? Lol.

[@MrTomtomtest]

He did, just like all others, but that's the trap...

[@magnumxlpi]

Didn't give putin half probably

[@slowtheplanedown]

Back to Stalins purges... Some things never change.

[@robertoceccato6507]

Forse inizia la pulizia interna: hai ragione e mi domando come mai i russi non si chiedano niente. Probabilmente la storia a casa loro inizia con Putin.

[@TomWakeman-ul7om]

No, you were innocent back in Stalin's time.

[@philliphall5198]

Yep it’s all happening

[@war-painter]

The Night of the Long Knives meet Russia’s White Nights in April, May, June and July….from under Churchill's carpet comes Bulgakov’s magician performing tricks for anyone with an internet connection -Act I has begun.

[@Nauda999]

@@TomWakeman-ul7om I doubt anyone reading these comments was alive in Stalin's time.

[@kirk902]

If Russia is serious about corruption, start with Putin.

[@feodosiyaonline1555]

Do you have concrete facts or do you just hate Putin?

[@chingatumadregoogle1344]

Dude corruption in America government is LEGALIZED on your face with lobby 😂 give ma break. What a democracy

[@marcusaurelius3487]

As if Ukraine isn’t 1 position ahead of Russia in the EU corruption index

[@GustavoCastro-qp8re]

Its justo People reapeating others People, like robots​@@feodosiyaonline1555

[@kennethasante6140]

And Hunter Biden,Trump,Biden

[@ValdezJu]

Taking bribes is a crime in Russia?

[@gregc8567]

🤣🤣🤣

[@marcpaulus6291]

If they need it against you

[@VictorBonello]

Yes, only in the USA it is not only legal, but who pays, dictates to the President😂

[@ProfessorFickle]

@@VictorBonello: usa 🇺🇸 it’s Regulated and Taxed . President #45 had to pay 170 million for Fraud, for something that happed before he was in politics. Russia and China its Out of Control . 😂

[@ProfessorFickle]

@@VictorBonello: Lobbing is regulated and TAXED. China and Russia it’s out of Control.

[@Tadicuslegion78]

The real question is who isn't taking bribes in the Russian government/military?

[@stephenkern5784]

Makes you wonder how much hisboss Shoigu took

[@user-ez2hi2qi2y]

I think he lives in a 22 M$ mansion

[@lylewalker5681]

Undoubtedly being charged because he didn’t allow certain people to get their beaks wet, just like it is with any mafia family.

[@pjhgerlach]

Corruption? In Ruzzia? 😱 😂😂😂😂🤡

[@meso8848]

You have a typo .. it’s Russia not Ruzzia Yes corruption exist everywhere and Russia is arresting them.. way to go Russia 👍

[@Kanavankuolemaaseuraten]

Can't be 😂

[@meso8848]

@@Kanavankuolemaaseuraten corruption actually exists anywhere in the world .. Russia will arrest any of them … that’s it

[@Nauda999]

Is it a new trend to replace s with z? Is it now Auztralia? Auztria? United Ztates of America? Netherlandz? Honduraz? Maldivez? Laoz? United Arab Emiratez?

[@existence.5806]

​@@Nauda999no, only for nazis

[@mikeb5613]

Out the window he goes!

[@bonnienichalson5151]

The question is why didn't he just go out a window????!!?

[@JoaoCosta-pn9im]

He is just one thief among many, including all his bosses up to the very top

[@Bajtjr]

Arrested for bribes in Russia, wow, he must have been way too greedy to forget to pay off others

[@brianingarfill1773]

Just send him to the front line in Ukraine!!! It will be a lot cheaper than 15 years in jail!!! LOL LOL

[@NexPutax]

Shoigu's days are numbered.

[@Kanavankuolemaaseuraten]

Sooner or later and Lavrov will drop out of window too, someday.

[@Ed_Stuckey]

_10% for the big guy_ He forgot...

[@Joe-Impera7]

"If the prosecutor is not fired (for investigating crime - HunterBidenBurizma) in about - 6 hours (that's when his plane was leaving), ... you (Ukraine) will not get the $ Bilion $" - Joe Biden bragging on camera... "10% for the big guy". "there's Nothing to be feared, only understood" - John Kennedy popular US president and WWII - PT Boat hero.

[@philbamford6957]

Hell have to cancel his yacht order😂😂😂

[@alkazeicer9616]

Officially he got 10000 eur as a bribe. Not sure if that's enough to full tank of fuel for his yacht.. Most fun country in the world 0 logic

[@hb9145]

In a country where just about everyone is corrupt, getting arrested for corruption is bad luck. ;)

[@xmindk]

He forgot Putler share of those millions!

[@roysedero558]

Millions? No, I think billions 😀

[@poroshenkoukraina]

Ukraine is corrupt

[@360-Guy]

It's not hard to figure out who is Puttin this guy behind bars

[@Finnish_guy]

Fascist mafia state just doing some positional cleaning.

[@poroshenkoukraina]

and russia celebrates may 9 😉

[@ljosephdumas3113]

He'd better not get too close to any windows!

[@captainseadog7600]

Kremlin starting to fall a part

[@disturbingdevelopment4308]

Napoleon: Never interfere with an enemy while he's in the process of destroying himself

[@reginaschliemann736]

Passt prima zu Putin ! 🙄🙈🤣🤣🤮😡

[@perfectionbox]

Judge: "You're guilty of taking bribes... that were too small. Goddammit man, we have standards!"

[@MrIwan18]

Only 15 years in jail? What is wrong compared to mister Navalny??

[@reginaschliemann736]

Er wird enden wie Navalny und zig andere auch schon vorher beseitigt worden sind . Putin hat in der Hinsicht Narrenfreiheit und seine Gesetze sind so für ihn ausgerichtet worden das Putin für seine Untaten niemals zu Rechenschaft gezogen werden kann . Mafiöse Praktiken 🤮🤮😡😡. Wer Putin nicht in den Kram passt verschwindet von der Bildfläche. Siehe Prigoschin , Anwälte von Navalny , Wahlkandidaten , Generäle usw sowie Oberste die einfach angeblich im Krieg getötet worden sind teils sogar in Gulag Sibirien verschleppen lassen hat . Wo eigentlich Putin und Konsorten hingehören . Von dort kommt niemand zurück , niemand 🙄🙈🙄🤮🤮😡😡

[@memirandawong]

In Russia what's yours is NOT yours....at any given moment a trap door, always beneath you, could open up and swallow you up

[@galy0]

President - Z - removes people who may threaten him..

[@chowyewwah1643]

😂 My goodness, pootin should arrest himself first!

[@TheTitaniumSkull]

In the middle of a special military operation, Who in the kremlin isn't getting a special monetary opportunity?

[@haotrinh4237]

At least he is not falling from a window!!!

[@tricky1581]

Navalnyesque heart attack in the prison cell or exercise yard quite likely though.

[@SK-lt1so]

Snake eating its own tail.

[@chuckwhitson654]

$10m dollars or rubles?

[@flampagan1994]

dollars

[@esteemedyams]

$

[@redeyedmongoose2963]

@@esteemedyams have you always been a smart ass, or did this recently occur

[@FloridaMan69.]

indian rupees

[@puraLusa]

Feels like it's pocket change considering russian military guys. And that oppens up a lot of question of regime infighting.

[@robertarthropthesecond]

Nice

[@stacycentral]

15 years or 6 floors.

[@richardevans3084]

Okay Timor ; pick a window your leaving 😂

[@MasterKoala777]

15 years? That's the same punishment for anyone who calls the Ukraine war a "war".

[@tayzonday]

They arrested him because he refused to trip and fall off a cliff in a potato field.

[@manuelbello5806]

Finally he is being held accountable

[@Richard-od7yd]

What ? He didn't give 10% to The Big Guy ?

[@dougs2747]

Handing out speeding tickets at the Daytona 500.

[@TomM60]

When I traveled around Donetsk, Ukraine I saw what happened to those that didn't pay off the Russian mafia. Their businesses were wrecked and sometimes the business owners just disappeared. The Russian mafia pretty much owned the Donetsk and Lugansk regions.

[@jasonhaggard9085]

Criminals going after criminals 😮 in Russia no way Jose

[@Critic-qn3hg]

Party's over

[@d.a.t.7723]

Another scapegoat!

[@taxesdeathandtrouble.1886]

No such thing as a scapegoat in russia. They are all guilty AF.

[@truenorth4173]

He was arrested for taking more than his share!

[@julionahualt6113]

About 15 years in prison vs royalty life and millions stacked in secret, kind of fair deal. 🤔

[@simonmeszaros2770]

we have the same power structure in Slovakia now. Unfortunately blances were lost, they are not eating themselves yet, its free ride, but i can see it as a mirror.

[@KM-vc2yp]

Perhaps the beginning of the end

[@jonnyh9388]

He needs to be careful walking down stairs in prison.

[@mryouben]

The rushist empire is starting to crumble

[@marioceva7163]

USA is perfect. No corruption at all.

[@gont183]

​@@marioceva7163what about Guatemala? Or Fiji?

[@marioceva7163]

@@gont183 tell me you.

[@gont183]

@@marioceva7163 huh?

[@marioceva7163]

@@gont183 .??

[@paulsheather7657]

He will get a fair trial.

[@josimpson7999]

Nothing in Russia is ever as it seems.

[@albertoiportillocaballero3163]

Cool

[@CanadaJ]

Show me a person that wants power and control that isn't corrupt?

[@calvinaitkin-sf9up]

If you want to stop corruption start at the top.

[@moonlander03]

He f up big time.. 🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦

[@MrMuenzenberg]

He will loose for shure one ear👂 but i think he will loose his head 🤷‍♂️

[@user-vb3zx9ht3e]

Vladimir (Trump) Putin in cuffs and shackles, and this too shall end. 🇺🇸♾️😎

[@philstanton231]

There is more to this than meets the eye. He is/was very close to Putler. Things are not going well in the inner circle, and this is just the beginning.

[@FenrirKi]

He has plenty of open windows to follow right now.

[@mhpt74]

Blood in the shark tank! It is going to get interesting!

[@williamjones9662]

Party boys can't....HA HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!!!

[@shortythepresident3913]

He was the head of military construction and was taking bribes from some other Rusky business man. So they say......

[@leedex]

Forgot to pay 10% to the little guy 😂

[@Mateuszyk]

He took too less simple

[@Fish29077]

These levels of corruption make the cost of war more expensive for what they get. It’s a good thing for Ukraine as the Russia economy weakens as the conflict drags on.

[@philipcaldwell3187]

Not buying the bribe charge, wonder who he got on the wrong side of?

[@TomWakeman-ul7om]

Realized he was incompetent.

[@erichall465]

Puddin would rid of all those he feels is a threat.

[@user-nq5eu4op7l]

I wonder if they put him behind a window to let him know what going to happen.

[@user-gr7kc6hm8k]

so proud to be a russian these days

[@NJC2874]

Is there anyone in Russia who doesn't go to jail ???

[@Rick-mi4yt]

Construction and bribes. Well, thats a new one. ;). The offence is taking "huge" bribes. The law of the land stipulates that only normal bribes are acceptable.

[@Bdigital9482]

Putin must have ordered this No?

[@dangal9366]

He got caught not sharing with poutine.

[@frankmcgowan3371]

Gotta love how Russia works😂😂😂😂

[@mzunnurain]

Now, what is the real reason?

[@johndoherty4976]

He might have been a Mossad agent

[@BlitzOfTheReich]

1:25 this is low-key, so true.

[@johannesnicolaas]

Ah, that fair haircut, all for nothing.... All those flashy uniforms.... a perfect scapegoat.

[@user-ez2hi2qi2y]

Mafia clans? I think he means the nomenklatura class

[@war-painter]

Ivanov lived in The Master and Margarita house, he must’ve known that one day Shoigu would turn into a giant malevolent cat and all his money would turn into blank pieces of paper! The devil takes you when you least expect it. I bet he wishes he had some of Azalellos Cream about now. Truth is stranger than fiction.

[@mustafazaidi925]

Radio Free Europe who else CNN, CBS, ABC, and of course FOX.

[@shafts2447]

The west would of promoted that officer

[@fdk7014]

He's a goner. He will go to Sibiria and then have an "accident"

[@stanleynkosikamthembu168]

Balderdash. Must one protect corruption in order to be seen to be protecting those closer to you by virtue of public service appointment?

[@Lonesurvivor01]

He must of disagree with Putin on something 😂

[@bluedistortions]

Based comments here

[@MrSzwarz]

It is a small tip of the iceberg. The next would be Putler, with a just over a bliion for his residency only!

[@HunterShows]

Not to worry, they have like 14 others.

[@casparnigell5510]

He forgot to pay off Putin. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dougs2747]

Putin didn't get his 10% cut.

[@Jumbo344]

Under article 58-1b of the union of social sovi….I’m mean Russian federation you are hereby sentenced to 20 years penal servitude. Health and happiness…. Comrade

[@jimmylieb5225]

stay away from high windows dude!!

[@johndoherty4976]

He would want to Be careful who he drinks coffee with

[@tonyhunt9001]

lies from liars

[@DarkonXBL]

Putin will find a way to make him 'disappear'. My best advise to him to stay away from balconies and escape prison whichever way he can.

[@duckhanhpham4753]

Timur Ivanov can face 15 years in jail is not enough, he should be flying off from window. Shoigu or Putin who are taking bribes even bigger than Timur Ivanov.

[@FreePalestine_949]

I’m sure for giving up information