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Russian Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov, arrested on April 23 on charges of bribery, may actually have been arrested for treason, independent Russian media has reported. Ivanov has worked in the ministry since 2016, and most recently was tasked with overseeing Russia’s military infrastructure projects, including the rebuilding of occupied Mariupol. He is thought to be a good friend of Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu. On April 23, he was arrested by the Federal Security Service (FSB) in his place of work, accused of accepting bribes ‘on a particularly large scale.” Prosecutors argue that he…