Russian media on April 27 reported that an arrest warrant was issued for another suspect in the criminal case involving Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov. Interfax and TASS said a Moscow court ordered that Anton Filatov, a former subordinate, be taken into custody. Interfax said Filatov is charged with "embezzlement or misappropriation of property in an especially large amount." He faces up to 10 years in prison. The court on April 24 sent Ivanov, 49, to pretrial detention until June 23 after charging him with receiving a large bribe. Ivanov denied guilt. Ivanov had been the subject of an investigation published in December 2022 by the late opposition politician Aleksei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation.
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