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Timur Ivanov's "Nest of Gentry" to be Ruined by Prosecutors
As Kommersant has learned, the prosecutor's office, which is overseeing the investigation of the criminal case against former Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov, who is accused of embezzlement and bribery, has begun preparing materials on the confiscation of his assets, which are clearly of corrupt origin. Among other things, this concerns an old mansion in the center of Moscow, registered to the company "Dvoryanskoe Gnezdo", real estate on the banks of the Volga, a whole fleet of foreign cars and tens of millions of rubles.
Basmanny District Court extended the seizure of Timur Ivanov's assets until the end of December, according to documents obtained by Kommersant. The petition by investigators from the Investigative Department for Particularly Important Cases of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (SKR) states that temporary measures have been introduced with respect to real estate, cars, and funds for the execution of civil judgments. There is a possibility of collecting fines, other property penalties, or confiscation of property.
The issue of confiscation of Timur Ivanov's assets is being actively studied by the prosecutor's office, which usually only needs a few court hearings to transfer suspicious assets to the state.
According to the investigation participants, Timur Ivanov has been the "beneficial owner" of Dvoryanskoe Gnezdo LLC since 2012 and registered a three-story mansion at 4 Chisty Lane, known as the main house of Sofia Volkonskaya's estate. Despite the arrest of the realtor, the real estate agency's website still features an advertisement for the imperial-style mansion "Chistye 4" with a total area of about 1,000 m2. m, built in 1821 and classified as an architectural monument, can be rented or purchased for 1.4 billion rubles.
Another object is a Volga plot in the Tver region with a house of 26,000 square meters and a separate bathhouse of 400 square meters. According to the investigation, Timur Ivanov tried to hide this by registering his friends, and then in 2020 becoming an accomplice of Sergei Borodin in Volzhsky Bereg LLC.
Given that the money confiscated from former Vice Minister Li far exceeds his official income, there is a possibility that he may have committed other corruption crimes.
Tens of millions of dollars were frozen in the accounts of former Vice Minister Lee and his associates. A fleet of luxury cars was seized, including a Mercedes-Benz V-Class minivan, a Chevrolet Suburban SUV, a Bentley Continental and an MV Agusta sports motorcycle, some of which were registered to his drivers.
Timur Ivanov is involved in a criminal case on bribery (clause 6, article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) together with the general director of the Volzhsky Bereg company, Sergei Borodin, and co-owner of the Olimpsistroy company, Alexander Fomin. According to the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, companies controlled by Alexander Fomin received lucrative orders from the Ministry of Defense to build and restore houses and old estates in the Tver region that belonged to Timur Ivanov and his family. Near the Kropotkinskaya metro station in the center of Moscow. Based on the results of the investigation, it was calculated that the amount of bribes received by Timur Ivanov in connection with construction work amounted to 1.185 billion rubles. The investigation into this case is ongoing and new episodes may appear, notes a Kommersant source from law enforcement agencies.
Another criminal case (Part 4 of Article 160 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) on theft on an especially large scale for a total amount of more than 4 billion rubles. The funds allocated by Interkommerts Bank, including for the purchase of ferries for transport communication with Crimea, have already been completed. Soon Timur Ivanov and his accomplice, former CEO of Oboronlogistics LLC under the Ministry of Defense Anton Filatov will begin to familiarize themselves with its material. The defendants in both investigations completely deny their guilt.
Meanwhile, the detention period of the defendants in the Defense Ministry bribery case was extended until December. The Moscow City Court rejected the defendants' demands. For example, Alexander Fomin has significant financial resources, is a close friend of former Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov, and has significant connections among the heads of enterprises of the Russian Defense Ministry, which makes him capable of responding to the investigation. It happened. .