Overview

• A Moscow court sentenced former deputy defense minister Timur Ivanov to 13 years in prison and ordered the seizure of his assets
• Ivanov’s legal team announced plans to appeal the verdict following his conviction for embezzlement and money laundering
• Since April 2024, Russian authorities have arrested more than a dozen senior defense officials as part of the largest military anti-corruption sweep in years
• Investigators initially detained Ivanov on bribery suspicions in April and added embezzlement charges against him in October
• Sergei Shoigu survived the purge of his inner circle and was appointed secretary of Russia’s Security Council, highlighting loyalty’s reward in the Kremlin’s managed reshuffle