The Anti-Corruption Foundation asked the Italian Financial Guard to seize the assets of Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov and his family members. Ivanov’s wife Svetlana Maniovich has still not been sanctioned by the European Union and is still free to spend the money made off of the war in Ukraine there.
We covered Ivanov’s crimes in the most recent investigation. We got hold of his wife's email archive. In it were bills, house blueprints, documents for yachts and villas, receipts for antiques and jewelry worth millions of euros.
Ivanov was appointed Deputy Defense Minister in 2016. Prior to that, he worked for many years in the Moscow government and the company Oboronstroy, a subordinate of the Defense Ministry. He now ranks tenth in the hierarchy of Russia’s military leadership and is responsible for managing the ministry’s assets and all of its construction projects.
After Putin launched the war of aggression in Ukraine, Ivanov repeatedly visited the occupied regions and supervised construction there. On October 6, 2022, the European Union imposed sanctions against Ivanov for actions threatening the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. All resources under his control are to be frozen. The restrictions also apply to members of his family, including his wife.
The Anti-Corruption Foundation has discovered that Svetlana Maniovich has economic and contractual relations with The Italian Sea Group Spa Socio Unico. In its letters, the company calls her a “very important client”.
In this regard, we asked the Italian authorities to investigate the relationship between the Ivanov family and The Italian Sea Group Spa Socio Unico for violations of the sanctions regime. All funds and economic resources that are under the control of the Ivanov family should be seized, and Ivanov and Maniovich themselves must be punished for violating the sanctions.
This would send a clear signal to the political and business elites of Russia that their families could be deprived of access to European assets for assisting Putin’s criminal regime. European companies must realize that they can also be punished for cooperating with the enablers of war. This is a crucial step to stop it and destroy Putin’s regime.