All news on the topic: Sergei Shoigu

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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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Boris Johnson says Vladimir Putin threatened to kill him in missile attack
The ex-PM said the 'extraordinary' telephone conversation took place last February after he visited Kyiv in a last-ditch attempt to show support for Ukraine amid growing fears of a Russian assault.
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Putin’s army ‘terrified’ by new Ukraine offensive over ‘mass slaughter’ fears
Vladimir Putin's demand for his top war commander General Valery Gerasimov to unleash 'an assault in several directions at once' has sparked deep divisions among members of his military high command
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Russian army on ropes after dramatic 75% plunge in artillery fire in Ukraine
Vladimir Putin's boys are only firing artillery at around 75 per cent of their wartime high, a massive drop, which could be due to dwindling stockpiles of rockets or a reassessment of tactics
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