[3] In April 2024, Ivanov was arrested by Russian federal authorities, accused of accepting bribes "on a particularly large scale.

His father, Vadim Gennadyevich, is the general director of Crystal Development LLC since 2004, while his mother is of Lezgian descent, as she is originally from the Kurakhsky district of Dagestan.

Ivanov holds a candidate of economic sciences degree for his dissertation "Financial and organizational models of NPP construction projects" under the direction of Aleksandr Karyakin was defended in Ivanovo in 2011.

[citation needed] On 27 December 2021, following Yevgeny Zinichev's death, there were rumors that Ivanov would be the next official Minister of Emergency Situations.

[8] On 23 April 2023, several dozen activists gathered at a rally, organized by opposition leader Alexei Navalny's team.

[13][14] In July 2024 Magomed Khandayev, who was subordinate to Ivanov in the ministry and had been implicated and arrested in the corruption scandal there, died suddenly and unexpectedly while in custody.

[18] The Anti-Corruption Foundation turned to the Italian Guardia di Finanza with a request to arrest the assets of Ivanov and members of his family.

Svetlana Maniovich did not fall under EU sanctions, as she formally divorced, but continued to spend in Europe the money that her husband earned in the war in Ukraine.