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Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu (born 21 May 1955) is a Russian politician and military officer who has served as Secretary of the Security Council since 2024. He served as Minister of Defence of Russia from 2012 to 2024.
Jun 30, 2023 · As Russian defense minister during President Vladimir Putin's two signature wars – one in Ukraine, since 2014, the other the following year in Syria – Sergei Shoigu, 68, crashed suddenly with...
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...
Leading this transformation is one of the most ambitious members of Putin’s inner circle: Sergei Shoigu. Although he has received relatively little attention in the West, Shoigu is a longtime Kremlin insider who became the defense minister in 2012.
May 13, 2024 · Sergei Shoigu has been replaced as defence minister by technocrat economist Andrei Belousov. Mr Shoigu hasn't been made redundant.
Kuzhuget Sereyevich Shoigu (born Shoigu Sereyevich Kuzhuget; 24 September 1921 – 1 December 2010), was a Soviet Tuvan politician, journalist, and writer who served as a secretary of the Tuvan Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, first Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Tuvan Autonomous Soviet ...
Jun 25, 2024 · Sergei K. Shoigu, a former defense minister, and Gen. Valery V. Gerasimov, the country’s highest-ranking military officer, were accused of directing attacks against civilians in Ukraine.
