Russia detains ally of Defence Minister Shoigu for alleged corruption

File Photo: Russian Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov gives explanations to President Vladimir Putin, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, (not seen in the picture) who inspect a model of the Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces in the course of its construction near Moscow, Russia, September 19, 2018. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Russian court on Wednesday ordered one of Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu's deputies be kept in custody on suspicion of taking bribes, the highest-profile corruption case since President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in 2022.

Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov was detained on Tuesday at work by the Federal Security Service (FSB), the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, for accepting large bribes.