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Russia's former Defense Minister Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Gerasimov

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“Crimes against humanity”: International Court issues arrest warrants for Russia’s Shoigu and Gerasimov

The International Criminal Court (ICC) found reasonable grounds to believe that Russia's former Defense Minister Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Gerasimov intentionally caused great suffering and serious injury to Ukrainian civilians by directing a series of missile strikes against Ukraine's electric infrastructure.

byVira Kravchuk

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UK intel: No shift on war in Ukraine expected after Russia replaced Shoigu with Belousov as defense minister

Russia's appointment of economist Belousov as new defense minister, replacing Shoigu, is unlikely to have major immediate effect on Russia's approach to war in Ukraine, per UK intelligence.

byYuri Zoria

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ISW: Putin punishing Shoigu for failing to achieve Kremlin’s military goals in Ukraine

This follows the arrest of a deputy defense minister & suggests Putin blames Shoigu for failing to meet military goals in Ukraine. However, Shoigu's dismissal seems unlikely in 2024.

byMaria Tril

Russia arrests ally of Defense Minister Shoigu over Ukrainian cyber attack, not bribery - Media

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Russia arrests ally of Defense Minister Shoigu over Ukrainian cyber attack, not bribery – Media

Timur Ivanov, who has served as a deputy to Sergey Shoigu since 2016, was arrested on 23 April.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

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No sense in talking to Russia, Europe must support Ukraine, French FM says

French FM Séjourné is skeptical about dialog with Russia, highlights Europe's crucial role in providing long-term aid to ensure Ukraine's victory against the Russian invasion, emphasizing the importance of European unity and commitment.

byYuri Zoria

The French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu and his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu held a rare phone call, their first such contact since October 2022

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Shoigu warns France against deploying troops to Ukraine in rare phone call

The Russian defense minister stated Macron's idea would "create problems for France" in his first such call in 20 months.

byVira Kravchuk

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Russia commits significant forces to stop Ukrainian offensives – ISW

In its update on the Russo-Ukrainian war, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) assessed the progress…

bySerge Havrylets

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July 1 deadline looms as turning point in Prigozhin-MoD feud over Wagner’s absorption by MoD – UK intel

The UK defense ministry tweeted: “On 10 June 2023, the Russian MoD demanded that members of ‘volunteers formations’…

byYuri Zoria

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Belarus now has aircraft, missile systems capable of delivering tactical nuclear strikes – Russian Defense Minister

Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that Belarus now has access to assault aircraft and Iskander-M missile systems…

byAlya Shandra

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Russian defense minister wants army increased to 1.5 mn troops which is unlikely in short run – ISW

Shoigu publicly presented a series of proposed Russian defense policy changes to significantly increase the size of the…

byThink Tank

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Russia’s Defense Minister announces end of mobilization in Russia, decree not signed yet

The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu reported that the partial mobilization has apparently ended…

byVictoria Petryk

Vladimir Putin with Russian defense minister Sergey Shoigu

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Is Shoygu preparing to become Russian President?

Shoygu first addressed the problem of developing Siberia and about a possible move of the Russian capital, and…

byPaul A. Goble

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MH17 trial: Donbas “rebels” sent targets for Russia’s artillery attacks on Ukrainian bases

The regular court hearing in The Netherlands in the case of the downing of flight MH17 where these…

byAlya Shandra

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Threat of major Russian military operation against Ukraine and West hasn’t disappeared, Felgengauer says

In an interview taken by Rosbalt journalist Aleksandr Zhelenin, the independent Moscow military analyst says that not only…

byPaul A. Goble

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Intercepted phone calls show MH17 suspects’ connections to Russian military and Kremlin

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur five years ago…

byEuromaidan Press Staff

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Kremlin planning to avoid transition of power, not to arrange it, Shklyarov says

There are at least two reasons why the Kremlin is working to avoid any transition of power from…

byPaul A. Goble

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Hollow ‘paper divisions’ are ever larger portion of Russian army, Golts says

By the end of next year, Moscow will have formed 40 new brigades and divisions while cutting the…

byPaul A. Goble

His former commanders left this Russian soldier's corpse in the Ukrainian soil near Luhansk, at a site of the Russo-Ukrainian war in the Donbas, Ukraine (Image: RadioSvoboda.org)

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Russian military having serious problems retaining contract soldiers, new data show

Vladimir Putin said this week that he remains committed to moving to an all-volunteer military, even though budgetary…

byPaul A. Goble

Russian president Vladimir Putin and cinematographer Oliver Stone at the Kremlin in 2017. Putin shows Stone fake footage of a "Russian helicopter bombing ISIS," which in actuality was footage of U.S. forces fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2013 (Image: video capture)

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Putin regime now ‘one grandiose fake’ from top to bottom, Eidman says

Vladimir Putin’s use of a video showing American planes to impress Oliver Stone of the power of Russian…

byPaul A. Goble

The Russian political cartoon depicts a "subway map" starting in the Kremlin, Russia and dotted with terror acts and wars through the years of Putin's rule, which eventually sprouts "Crimea, Ukraine" and "Syria" branches with "Boeing" (MH17), "Chemical weapons," and "Bombings" (Author: Andrey Zakirzyanov‏ @Bezizyanov via Twitter)

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Putin regime now entering its fifth and final phase, Yakovenko says

Vladimir Putin’s regime, which has always been authoritarian and kleptocratic, nonetheless has evolved over the course of the…

byPaul A. Goble