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2 days ago · Russian President Vladimir Putin is to remove his long-standing ally Sergei Shoigu as defence minister, the Kremlin has announced. The 68-year-old had been in the role since 2012 and will be ...
2 days ago · Shoigu is a longtime Putin confidant who had served as defense minister for 11½ years, since November 2012, and was emergency situations minister for 21 years from 1991 to 2012.
3 days ago · Mr Putin wants Sergei Shoigu, defence minister since 2012 and a longstanding ally, to become the secretary of Russia's powerful security council, replacing incumbent Nikolai Patrushev, and to also ...
2 days ago · Russian President Vladimir Putin has replaced his defense minister and close ally Sergei Shoigu with a civilian economist, a major reshuffle of military leadership more than two-years after Moscow ...
2 days ago · Sun 12 May 2024 15.38 EDT. Last modified on Sun 12 May 2024 15.49 EDT. Vladimir Putin is to remove Sergei Shoigu as defence minister and appoint him as secretary of Russia’s national security ...
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...
1 day ago · Over the weekend, President Vladimir Putin replaced Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu — the longest serving member of his Cabinet at 11 1/2 years — in a rare Kremlin shake-up that came even as a Russian offensive in Ukraine is making gains. Updated 10:18 AM PDT, May 13, 2024.
