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With shake-up at defense ministry, ‘Putin’s chef’ gets his wish from beyond the grave
Removing a long-time defense minister from his post is nothing out of the ordinary. Arresting five of his senior staff, however, is clearly more than just a search for fresh blood — especially in Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
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Arrests of Russian generals and officials raises questions about Putin's war machine
A former UK defense attaché in Moscow described corruption as a "cancer" within Russia's MOD. The arrests follow the replacement of Sergei Shoigu as defense minister. It began with Timur Ivanov ...
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19 hours ago · Moscow has not nodded to its own losses since September 2022, when former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said just under 6,000 Russian fighters had been killed.
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18 hours ago · Yevgeny Prigozhin, the former leader of the mercenary Wagner Group who was killed in a plane crash in August last year, had previously hit out at Shoigu and Valery Gerasimov, Russia's Chief of the ...
1 day ago · After the shock ouster, two weeks ago, of Sergei Shoigu as the minister for defense, a wave of arrests has gutted the defense ministry’s top brass under the guise of an anti-corruption campaign. The timing is as intriguing as the arrests and reshuffle.
10 hours ago · After the shock ouster, two weeks ago, of Sergei Shoigu as the minister for defense, ... founded by Alexey Navalny, who was killed in a Russian prison in February. He and his organization exposed ...
5 days ago · Russian Experts React To Reshuffling Of Top Russian Military Posts, Including New Defense Minister, Security Council Secretary. May 28, 2024. Russia | Special Dispatch No. 11358. On May 12, 2024, by a decree from Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who had headed the ministry for almost 12 years, [1] was ...
4 days ago · Dyumin's promotion follows the president's decision to oust longtime ally Sergei Shoigu as defense minister. Shoigu was made secretary of Russia's Security Council, and Putin appointed former ...
4 days ago · To manage the tsunami of new money into Russia’s military machine, Mr. Putin recently replaced his longtime loyal defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, with an economist, Andrei Belousov. Mr.