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    Sergei Shoigu

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  2. May 13, 2024 · 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...

  3. May 13, 2024 · 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.

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    • 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...

  4. May 12, 2024 · Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed replacing Sergei Shoigu as defense minister and appointed him as secretary of Russia’s national security council. The appointment comes...

  5. May 12, 2024 · Mr. Putin kept the minister, Sergei K. Shoigu, in his inner circle, tapping him to run the country’s security council — a position giving Mr. Shoigu close access to the president but little...

  6. Sergei Shoigu. Deputy Russian military chief of staff jailed for bribery in latest arrest of high defense official. Russian news reports say a deputy chief of the military general staff has been arrested on charges of large-scale bribery. The arrest of Lt. Gen. May 23.

  7. May 12, 2024 · 7 min. Russian leader Vladimir Putin has removed Sergei Shoigu from his longtime position as defense minister and appointed him to lead the country’s security and defense council, a...

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