All news on the topic: Sergei Shoigu

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Husband of Sergei Shoigu’s former mistress owns apartments in Dubai, purchased with a now-confiscated Lithuanian passport
Businessman Adolfas Kaminskas, who is married to the mother of former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s illegitimate children, has invested over $4 million in Dubai real estate, according to an investigation by the Lithuanian Center for Investigative Journalism Siena.
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‘Putin’s patience snapped’: Insiders marvel at Russia’s military purge
Under new defence minister Andrei Belousov, FSB is tackling corruption aggressively with serious implications for Ukraine
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Putin to remove Sergei Shoigu as Russia’s defence minister
Vladimir Putin has raised eyebrows after suddenly firing his longtime friend, Sergei Shoigu, as defence minister.
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Russian deputy defense minister dismissed after arrest on corruption charges
A Russian deputy defense minister has been charged with taking a bribe, in the country’s highest-profile corruption scandal since President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago.
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Putin to test 'unstoppable' Satan-2 doomsday missile in flex against the West
Tyrannical Russian President Vladimir Putin is hellbent on demonstrating his nuclear powers to enemies in the West and plans to do so by putting the world-ending Satan-2 missile on "combat duty" next month
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Russia tests massive nuclear attack on the West amid Putin health rumours
State television showed Vladimir Putin directing the exercise via video call with top military officials as Russia’s Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu said the purpose of the drills was " in response to a nuclear strike by the enemy"
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Chilling meeting between Kim Jong-un and Russia could spark Ukraine war crisis
Kim Jong-un could be after Russian intelligence regarding nuclear warfare, with a meeting between the North Korean head and Russian leader Vladimir Putin meaning crisis is on the cards
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Chilling moment Yevgeny Prigozhin predicted death four months before crash
Footage has emerged of Yevgeny Prigozhin saying "if these screws are not adjusted today, then the whole plane will fall apart in the sky" months before he died in an aircraft crash in Russia
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Inside chilling home of Wagner boss - alligator, disguises and severed heads
The Wagner boss and former ally of Vladimir Putin staged an armed revolt against the Kremlin regime back in June, but was later forced to abandon his plotted coup and go into hiding
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Putin is still plotting revenge against Prigozhin, CIA Chief claims
US CIA Chief William Burns says that moving Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin to Belarus was a part of a 'complicated dance' and that the Russian leader was simply 'buying' time before he works out his revenge plan
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Top Russian general arrested after vanishing amid claims he knew of Wagner coup
It is alleged that General Sergei ‘Armageddon’ Surovikin is being held at the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre over a plot to oust defence minister Sergei Shoigu
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Putin terrified of being overthrown and killed like despots Gaddafi and Hussein
As the Wagner Group nearly attempted a coup against Vladimir Putin at the weekend, Mirror Defence Editor Chris Hughes looks at the warlord's fears of meeting a violent end
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Putin’s defence minister ‘rushes to war zone’ to face down bid to oust him
Sergei Shoigu, Vladimir Putin's defence minister has been filmed in the war zone flying over military positions and talking with his commanders as he faces down attempt to oust him
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Vladimir Putin's FSB employed mob tactics to halt coup leader's march on Moscow
Wagner group chef Yevgeny Prigozhin sparked panic in the halls of the Kremlin on Saturday when he announced that he was marching 25,000 of his elite and murderous mercenaries on to Moscow to topple Russia's military leadership
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Wagner chief smiles in selfies as he leaves Russia for exile after Putin bust-up
The 62-year-old looked unphased at the failure of his armed march on Moscow yesterday as he returned to the Wagner base of operations at Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia
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Putin ramps up nuclear war threats and says exactly how he'll press the button
Dmitry Muratov's claim came as the head of Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin alleged Vladimir Putin is being told "monstrous" lies by his military chiefs over Russia's "colossal problems" in its resistance to Ukraine’s counteroffensive
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Russia denies new hypersonic missile has failed as Ukraine says 6 easily downed
Russia sent out Vladimir Putin’s defence minister Sergei Shoigu to deny the Ukrainian claim that it had downed six Kinzhal - or Dagger - missiles as it tried to see off the invading forces
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Putin's pal 'may have been poisoned' as he races to leave Russia with ambulance
Belarusian tyrant Alexander Lukashenko, who has refused to give up power for 24 years, couldn't walk more than a mile at yesterday's Victory Day parade and skipped a breakfast with ally Putin
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Russia to fly nuclear bombers to middle of Pacific as it flexes military muscles
Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu said that strategic missile carriers will fly to the middle of the Pacific Ocean to imitate strikes on ship groups of a mock enemy
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Putin orders Pacific Fleet to test readiness for precision nuclear strikes
Russia's Pacific Fleet will have to repel massive missile and air strikes during the drills as well as performing torpedo and artillery firing and launching missiles
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Russia unmasks jet pilots who downed American drone as they are given awards
The Russian pair Sergey Popov and Vasily Vavilov, both air force majors, were handed state awards by Vladimir Putin ’s defence minister Sergei Shoigu
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Russia accuses UK of triggering 'genocide' over depleted uranium tank shells
Russian officials have accused the UK of 'genocide' because of the supply of depleted uranium tank shells to Ukraine. The UK said the shells are a 'standard component and has nothing to do with nuclear weapons or capabilities'
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Vladimir Putin’s war chiefs in bitter spat as he begs China's Xi for war aid
Yevgeny Prigozhin, who heads up the shadowy Wagner militia, has warned the Kremlin Defence Ministry that Russia could lose all military gains made in the frontline Ukrainian town of Bakhmut unless he acts quickly
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Head of Wagner army demands Putin sends defence minister's son-in-law to fight
Popular fitness influencer Alexey Stolyarov is going out with the daughter of loyalist defence minister Sergei Shoigu, Ksenia Shoigu and the boss of the Wagner private army is demanding he be conscripted
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Exact dates Putin is expected to launch 'unstoppable' nuclear Satan-2 missile
Russia President Vladimir Putin is testing his hypersonic Satan-2 apocalypse missile and officials in remote districts have been warned to be ready for a test launch between February 15 and 25
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