All news on the topic: Timur Ivanov

The long battle for Shoigu’s closest associate, former First Deputy Defense Minister Ruslan Tsalikov, is over.

Media have learned details of the mysterious death of Yuri Sadovenko, the former Deputy Defense Minister and personal adjutant of Sergei Shoigu.

The death of 56-year-old former Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Sadovenko was reminiscent of the death of Ivan, the son of Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin, according to media. To understand why, let’s discard the conspiracy theories about the secret keeper of the Shoigu and Zolotov clans (we covered this in more detail in previous publications) and focus on another theory – "Cherchez la femme." And now you’ll understand why.

Yuri Sadovenko, a former deputy minister of defense of the Russian Federation and a longtime associate of Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, has died at the age of 56 under circumstances described by sources as suspicious.

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.