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    Sergei Shoigu

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  1. Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu [1] [a] [b] (born 21 May 1955) is a Russian politician and military officer who has served as Minister of Defence of Russia since 2012. Shoigu has served as the chairman of the Council of Ministers of Defense of the Commonwealth of Independent States since 2012.

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  2. Apr 24, 2024 · Russian security services detained one of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’ s deputies on suspicion of taking major bribes, the highest-profile corruption case since President Vladimir Putin sent ...

  3. Oct 23, 2022 · Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday for the second time in three days and held a flurry of calls with three other counterparts from NATO ...

  4. Jun 26, 2023 · Russia's Minister of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, is a close ally and friend of Vladimir Putin. But as Russia's invasion of Ukraine faltered and stalled, he became a lightning rod for criticism. An ...

    • How A Kremlin Outsider Became Putin's Best Friend
    • Shoigu Began Ukraine A Top Dog, But The War Has Not Gone His Way
    • Did Prigozhin Try to Blackmail Putin Into Dumping Shoigu?
    • Could Sergei Shoigu Be Replaced?

    In Russia, they call it the "siloviki", which roughly translates to "people of force" or "the strongmen". The small elite circle that makes up Putin's siloviki all hail from similar backgrounds. Like Putin himself, most are ethnic Slavs who rose through the ranks of power in his hometown of St Petersburg. But Shoigu was born in a small village near...

    Since Putin launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine early last year, Shoigu has been a central figure in the military campaign, overseeing Russia's 830,000 active troops. As one of Putin's closest confidants, he was said to have been among the few Kremlin insiders who were not taken aback by the leader's plan to send troops over the border. "Af...

    While tensions have boiled over in the past 12 months, the rivalry between Prigozhin and Shoigu is said to go back at least five years. Shoigu's own private military company, established in 2018 and known as the Patriot PMC, has been spotted in Syria, Africa and Ukraine, and is described by US officials as a direct competitorof Prigozhin's Wagner g...

    For now, Vladimir Putin remains focused on restoring the image of his chaotic inner circle to one where he holds the ultimate power. Pro-war Russians on Telegram, many of whom are supportive of the Wagner group, spent the week speculating about who could replace the defence minister and his top general. Putin's former bodyguard Alexy Dyumin was tou...

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  6. Apr 25, 2024 · Chinese, Russia defense chiefs hold telephone conference. BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe held a recent telephone call with his Russia counterpart, Sergei Shoigu, to “exchange views on international and regional issues of mutual concern,” an official said Thursday. Updated 3:37 AM PDT, October 27, 2022.

  7. Mar 26, 2022 · For 12 days this month, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu appeared to vanish from public life. His troops were fighting and dying in Ukraine, but Shoigu, a senior aide and friend of Russian ...

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