DECRYPTION – After a long absence that fueled speculation, the minister finally reappeared on Saturday in a video. Chief of Staff Valéri Guerassimov also remains very discreet.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made another public appearance in a video, according to footage released on Saturday, after a long absence of two weeks. This unexpected “disappearance” in a context of war had not failed to feed all sorts of speculation, which the Kremlin had tried to sweep away. In the video released recently by the Ministry of Defense, we see Sergei Shoigu chairing a meeting devoted to Russia’s arms budget.
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The gray-haired man is usually a familiar face on television screens. He and Vladimir Putin regularly stage trips to the Siberian taiga, driving all-terrain vehicles, drinking tea or picking mushrooms.
On Thursday, the Kremlin reported on a conversation between the minister and President Vladimir Putin on the occasion of a report “on the conduct of the special military operation”. One way to try to silence the…
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