A second person has been detained in a corruption investigation involving assistant Russian defense secretary Timur Ivanov, according to the Moscow court service’s report on Thursday.
It said Alexander Fomin, the i- leader of a construction firm called Olimpsitistroy, was suspected of paying money to Ivanov, who was detained on Tuesday, and Sergei Borodin, a nearby relate of Ivanov who is also in prison.
The scandal is seen as a serious blow to defense minister Sergei Shoigu because it is the biggest in years to reach the defense ministry.
The jury service said Fomin was suspected of “providing service” to Ivanov, Borodin and others in the form of goods, labor and service relating to property construction.
” Moreover, Fomin and different persons, acting as an planned party, contributed to Ivanov’s receipt of a particularly big reward in the form of the improper provision of house- related services to him”, it said.
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