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In late September, in the Siberian republic of Tyva almost 5,000 kilometers from Moscow, the Great Khural regional parliament convened to
swear in its new cohort of deputies at the start of its autumn session.But as soon as the festive opening was over, the expression of Ruslan
After all, Ruslan Khadzhismelovich is a very experienced apparatchik
at the opening session of the Great Khural of Tyva, Sept
Moscow Times.Shoigu and Tsalikov believed the matter was settled
The nomination was supposed to take place at the first session of the Great Khural, where the former deputy defense minister arrived in high
delay surprised many in Tyva
The regional parliament later announced that it had a month to appoint a senator, according to the law
Once a regular fixture on major Kremlin-controlled networks, Shoigu has now been sidelined
His only television interview since his appointment to the Security Council was an interview with a relatively unknown journalist from the
Rossia broadcaster, rather than one of the top propagandists.Shoigu has also clashed with his Security Council predecessor Nikolai
Patrushev, who refused to give up his Kremlin office to Shoigu, the independent investigative news outlet Agentstvo reported last
president has pent-up grievances against his former defense minister, three sources who know Shoigu and Putin personally told The Moscow
communications, the uniforms shortage, the scandal with Prigozhin, who aired all the army's dirty laundry in public: All of it was a
Putin does not forgive humiliation like this
He is, as far as I know, deeply worried
He has not been impacted yet, but no one can say what will happen next
mean his standing is secure, Russian political analyst Alexander Kynev wrote on his Telegram channel.According to Kynev, the problems in
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