The detained godfather of ex-Deputy Defense Minister Ivanov lived in a penthouse in the center of Moscow

The detained godfather of former Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Timur Ivanov, Sergei Borodin, owned a huge penthouse in the center of the capital, the cost of such housing is about 600 million rubles, SHOT reports.

Borodin is one of Ivanov’s closest friends. The man baptized his children and helped him take bribes. The entrepreneur bought premium apartments in the Kadashevskie Palata residential complex, which is located in a reconstructed 18th-century mansion not far from the Tretyakov Gallery. The total area is 600 sq. m. m.

In 2019, Borodin acquired a country plot of land with an area of ​​1.5 thousand square meters. m. It is located in the village of Lipki near Moscow. The man did not have time to build a house there.

In addition, in 2021, he bought 12 plots in the elite village of Pankratovo, which is located on the banks of the Volga. He also owned foreign cars Audi A3 Limousine and BMW X5 xDrive40i. As soon as the investigation into bribes began, the businessman began to get rid of his property and sold his cars.

Borodin previously had a joint business with the ex-wife of Deputy Defense Minister Svetlana Zakharova (Maniovich). The entrepreneurs together owned a microfinance company that issued consumer loans. They got rid of this case.

Ivanov was detained on April 23 at his workplace. He is now in the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center. The man is accused of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale. The court arrested the property, accounts and assets of the ex-deputy minister and his immediate relatives.