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In this photo released by the Moscow's City Court, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov sits behind bars in a video link provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service during a session in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. A Moscow court on Wednesday rejected an appeal of the bribery arrest of Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov, whose lawyers sought to have him released from jail into house arrest. Ivanov, who was in charge of military construction projects, was arrested on April 23 and charged with accepting bribes on a large scale. (Moscow City Court via AP)