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Russia's Defense Minister Resurfaces after Dropping Out of View

Russia's powerful defense minister resurfaced in a short snippet of video footage aired by state media on Thursday after dropping out of public view for days during Russia's war in Ukraine. Sergei Shoigu, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, was spotted on a split screen of top officials as…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 24, 2022

‘He has a lot on his plate’: Kremlin denies defence minister is leading a coup, just busy

Disappearances and a high profile resignation in Moscow buoy whispers of growing discontent

The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2022

Russia's defence minister resurfaces after dropping out of view

Russia's powerful defence minister resurfaced in a short snippet of video footage aired by state media on Thursday after dropping out of public view for days during Russia's war in Ukraine.

Reuters · Mar 24, 2022

‘Witch-hunt by Putin to find guilty men behind war failure’

Vladimir Putin was on Wednesday reported to be beginning a witch-hunt inside his own inner circle to find “guilty men” behind the failure of his war strategy in Ukraine.

Evening Standard · Mar 23, 2022

Furious Vladimir Putin launches witch-hunt of Kremlin inner circle to find ‘guilty men’

The Russian president is said to be “incandescent” as his military plans were leaked to the West, who shared it with his Ukrainian enemies.

Daily Record · Mar 23, 2022

Russian state TV presenter quits over war and slams Putin's 'insane' leadership

Gleb Irisov, a former military translator in Syria, quit as military correspondent at state-owned TASS, revealing several of his former army comrades died on the first day of the invasion

Daily Mirror · Mar 22, 2022

Russian military correspondent quits over Ukraine war and says Putin is sending army to ‘slaughter’

Gleb Irisov, 31, has quit and says many of his ex-colleagues opposed the war

Evening Standard · Mar 22, 2022

Ukraine war: why are so many Russian generals being killed?

Yet another Russian general, Lieutenant-General Andrei Mordvichev, is reported to have been killed by Ukrainian forces in a conflict that is less than a month old. Mordvichev’s death was announced on Ukraine social media on March 20 2022, but has yet to be confirmed by the Kremlin. His death, if…

The Conversation · Mar 22, 2022

Putin at 70: the life of the Russian dictator — from a childhood being chased by rats to a pandemic of paranoia

Increasingly isolated and singlehandedly waging a senseless war — Katie Strick charts the making of Putin the pariah, from his inner circle of judo-obsessives to his alleged secret lover

Evening Standard · Mar 21, 2022

Putin's inner circle - inside the lives of the wealthy oligarchs being targeted by UK

Critics have demanded UK sanctions are tougher as sanctioned oligarchs could transfer assets to their children - here we take a look at Vladimir Putin's inner circle

Daily Mirror · Mar 12, 2022