Putin proposed Andrei Belousov, a 65-year-old former deputy prime minister who specializes in economics, to replace his long-term ally, Sergei Shoigu, 68, as defense minister. Putin wants Shoigu ...

He's had the job for 20 years. Sergei Shoigu had been defence minister for 12 years (in that time, the UK has been through six secretaries of defence). Putin removes defence minister who led war ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is to remove his long-standing ally Sergei Shoigu as defence minister, the Kremlin has announced. The 68-year-old had been in the role since 2012 and will be ...

Sergey Shoigu, who has headed the Russian Defense Ministry since 2012, has been appointed Secretary of the Security Council. Putin has proposed appointing Andrey Belousov as Russia’s new defense ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin kicked off his fifth term in office by unexpectedly replacing Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu with Andrei Belousov, a former deputy prime minister with a long ...

When Shoigu was eventually admitted, he participated in the talks sitting to the left of Putin, while foreign minister Sergei Lavrov sat on the president's right, Kolesnikov said. Kremlin aide ...

The hardening of the regime has been a gradual process in which the Russian leader counted on the passive loyalty of the ...

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Shoigu said Russia was also talking to some of those countries asking them to allow long-range bombers to use their air bases for re-fuelling. President Vladimir Putin has launched a massive ...

Sergei Shoigu had been defence minister for 12 years (in that time, the UK has been through six secretaries of defence). Mr Shoigu is considered a close ally of President Putin. Cue to thought ...