Timur Ivanov | |
|---|---|
Тимур Иванов | |
 Official portrait, 2016 | |
| Deputy Minister of Defense | |
| In office 11 November 2016 – 24 April 2024[1] | |
| Minister | Sergei Shoigu |
| Preceded by | Aleksey Dyumin |
| Deputy Prime Minister ofMoscow Oblast | |
| In office 2012 – 23 May 2016 | |
| Governor | Sergei Shoigu |
| Preceded by | Aleksey Dyumin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1975-08-15)15 August 1975 (age 50)[2] Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Spouse | Svetlana Zakharova |
| Alma mater | MSU Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics |
Timur Vadimovich Ivanov (Russian: Тимур Вадимович Иванов; born 15 August 1975) is a Russian politician who served as DeputyDefence Minister of Russia from 2016 to 2024.[1] He previously served as the Deputy Governor of theMoscow Oblast from 2012 to 2016. He has the federal state civilian service rank of1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[3] In April 2024, Ivanov was arrested by Russian federal authorities, accused of accepting bribes "on a particularly large scale"[4] and sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment by the Moscow City Court forembezzlement in July 2025.
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Timur Ivanov was born on 15 August 1975 inMoscow. His father, Vadim Gennadyevich, is the general director of Crystal Development LLC since 2004, while his mother is ofLezgian descent, as she is originally from the Kurakhsky district ofDagestan.
In 1997, Ivanov graduated from theFaculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics ofMoscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov.
Ivanov holds acandidate of economic sciences degree for his dissertation "Financial and organizational models of NPP construction projects" under the direction ofAleksandr Karyakin was defended inIvanovo in 2011.
From 1997 to 1999, Ivanov worked in various commercial organizations. From 1999 to 2012, he worked at enterprises of the fuel and energy complex of Russia.
From 2012 to 2016, he served as Deputy Governor of the Moscow Oblast, under governorSergei Shoigu. From 2013 to 2016, he was theGeneral Director ofOboronstroy JSC, a subordinate to the Russian Ministry of Defense.[5][6]
On 23 May 2016, Ivanov was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia, ending his tenure as Deputy Governor. He officially took office on 11 November by presidential decree, replacingAleksey Dyumin.[7] In the Ministry of Defense, he oversees issues related to property management and quartering of troops, housing, and medical support of theArmed Forces of the Russian Federation, and is responsible for the construction, reconstruction, and overhaul of facilities of the Russian Ministry of Defense and military mortgages.
During the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia in 2020, he supervised the construction of 16 multifunctional medical centers of the Ministry of Defense for the treatment of patients with COVID-19.[citation needed]
On 27 December 2021, followingYevgeny Zinichev's death, there were rumors that Ivanov would be the next officialMinister of Emergency Situations.[8]
On 23 April 2023, several dozen activists gathered at a rally, organized by opposition leaderAlexei Navalny's team. Anti-Kremlin activists urged the EU to imposesanctions on his ex-wife Svetlana.[9]
On 23 April 2024, the Russian governmentarrested Ivanov, charging him withaccepting bribes.[10][4] On 24 April, he was dismissed as deputy minister of defence by the order ofSergey Shoigu.[11] According to other Russian sources, he was also been charged with "high treason".[12] He has been linked toOboronlogistics and the small fleet of vessels which transport material such as missiles and tanks for the AFRF.[13][14]
In July 2024Magomed Khandayev, who was subordinate to Ivanov in the ministry and had been implicated and arrested in the corruption scandal there, died suddenly and unexpectedly while in custody.[15][16]
On 1 July 2025, Ivanov was convicted and sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment by the Moscow City Court forembezzlement.[17]
Ivanov had married his second wife, Svetlana Aleksandrovna Maniovich (née Zakharova), born in Moscow on 19 September 1973.[18] Svetlana is an entrepreneur and owns the Metropol Fashion Group. She is a former host of the program "Take it off immediately!" on STS. She is an Israeli citizen.
Her children from her first marriage with Mikhail Maniovich are daughter Aleksandra (born 1998) and son Mikhail (born 2003).[19] The Anti-Corruption Foundation turned to the ItalianGuardia di Finanza with a request to arrest the assets of Ivanov and members of his family. Svetlana Maniovich did not fall under EU sanctions, as she formally divorced, but continued to spend in Europe the money that her husband earned in the war in Ukraine.[20] According to the investigation of the Navalny team, Ivanov and his wife Svetlana spent over a million euros on holidays, renting villas and yachts, as well as the purchase of jewelry and clothes, while Svetlana's personal accounts were paid by a company engaged by the Russian Ministry of Defence in the reconstruction ofMariupol.[21][22]
The couple have two daughters, Darya (born in 2010), and Praskovya (born in 2018).
In 2018,Forbes Russia estimated Ivanov and his family's net worth at 136.7 million rubles ($1.5 million).[23]
In June 2022, he divorced his spouse, Svetlana. Before the divorce, she changed her surname from Maniovich to Ivanova.[24]
In 2022, Ivanov was awarded the titleHero of the Luhansk People's Republic.[25]
In October 2022, theEuropean Union introduced sanctions against Ivanov. According to theEuropean Parliament, Ivanov is responsible for theRussian invasion of Ukraine.[26]
