The move appears to be an astonishing snub to Shoigu (pictured), the man Putin put in charge of his war, a close ally, and Russia's longest serving minister. Until now, Putin had stood by Shoigu ...
Vladimir Putin has fired his bungling defence minister and replaced him with a 'puppet' with zero military experience in a wide-ranging reshuffle of his most senior cronies. Putin sacked his ...
President Vladimir Putin's nomination of top economic official Andrei Belousov as defence minister is a sign of the importance the Russian leader places on the war economy in gaining the upper ...
Vladimir Putin has raised eyebrows after suddenly firing his longtime friend, Sergei Shoigu, as defence minister. Shoigu, 68, was Russia’s longest serving minister, serving in government long ...
The man leading Vladimir Putin‘s war in Ukraine was looking relaxed just last week as he appeared in uniform at the Russian leader’s fifth inauguration ceremony and then at Moscow’s annual ...
(Bloomberg) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has cycled through ministers and battlefield generals since he first invaded ...
MOSCOW/LONDON — Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to halt the war in Ukraine with a negotiated cease-fire that recognises the current battlefield lines, four Russian sources told Reuters ...
Putin proposes civilian Belousov as defence minister Incumbent Shoigu, a long-term ally, to take up new job Change seen bringing more economic rigour Lavrov to stay as foreign minister MOSCOW, May ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin is replacing his embattled defense minister with a civilian economist in an effort to shake up his brutal war after the US approved billions in military aid for ...
Sergey Shoigu, a key figure in Putin's orbit, was defense minister for 12 years. LONDON -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday night carried out one of his biggest cabinet shake-ups in ...
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has led to the death or injury of over half a million Russian soldiers, according to the ...