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Top Russian military officials are being arrested. Why is it happening?
Houston Chronicle· 1 hour agoIt began last month with the arrest of a Russian deputy defense minister. This week, two more senior...
Rosenberg: Putin's military purge echoes Prigozhin's call to act
BBC via AOL· 1 day agoMr Putin's long-standing Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu was replaced earlier this month [EPA] When...
Demoted Shoigu suffers fresh humiliation in China
Newsweek· 6 days agoDays after his removal from the defense minister post he held for over a decade, Sergei Shoigu faced a delayed entry into a Chinese government building...
Deputy Russian military chief of staff jailed for bribery in latest arrest of high defense official
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 day agoA deputy chief of the Russian military general staff has been arrested on charges of large-scale...
Putin fires No. 2 at Russia’s Defense Ministry after ousting Sergi Shoigu from top military spot
The Washington Times· 3 days agoRussian President Vladimir Putin on Monday sacked the country’s deputy defense minister, a week...
Russia arrests another of its top generals in ‘corruption purge’
Daily Telegraph· 23 hours agoIt is alleged many of them received kick-backs on contracts handed out for the modernisation of the...
Putin tightens war machine
The Hill· 7 days agoPutin named economist Andrei Belousov as Moscow’s defense chief, replacing long-serving Sergei Shoigu. Shoigu, in turn, was made secretary ...
Russia arrests another general on bribery charges
Al Jazeera· 1 day agoMarking the fourth arrest of a high-ranking military official in a month, Russia has detained Lieutenant-General Vadim Shamarin, deputy head of the...
Russian military deputy chief arrested in ongoing bribery crackdown
Fox News· 24 hours agoLt. Gen. Vadim Shamarin, deputy chief of the Russian military general staff, was arrested on...
Russian general who criticized equipment shortages in Ukraine is arrested on bribery charges
San Francisco Chronicle· 3 days agoPresident Vladimir Putin dismissed Shoigu as defense minister on May 12, appointing him head of the national security council.