Overview

• The Moscow City Court found Ivanov guilty of embezzling nearly 3.9 billion rubles and laundering funds through military contracts.
• Judges imposed a 13-year prison term, fined him 100 million rubles and revoked the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland” and other state honors.
• Authorities seized his assets, including a luxury Moscow apartment and a collection of vintage cars, under court order.
• Ivanov’s legal team announced plans to appeal the conviction in a higher court.
• This sentence is the harshest to date in President Putin’s wider campaign to clamp down on graft within the defense ministry.