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Putin signed a decree on Sunday appointing Shoigu as secretary of Russia's Security Council, the Kremlin said. The appointment was announced shortly after Putin proposed Andrei Belousov to become the country’s defense minister in place of Shoigu. (Reuters Photo)

Putin replaces Shoigu as Russia's defense minister as he starts his 5th term

May 13, 2024 2:19 pm

The announcement of Shoigu’s new role came as 13 people were reported dead and 20 more wounded in Russia’s border city of Belgorod, where a 10-story apartment building partially collapsed after what Russian officials said was Ukrainian shelling.

North Korea's Kim shows off banned missiles to Russian minister

July 27, 2023 1:32 pm

The missiles were banned under U.N. Security Council resolutions adopted with Russian and Chinese support but this week they provided a striking backdrop for a show of solidarity by three countries united by their rivalry with the U.S.

Russian general says top military brass betrayed soldiers fighting in Ukraine

July 13, 2023 4:11 pm

Popov, whose military call sign was "Spartacus" and who commanded Russian units in southern Ukraine, explicitly raised the deaths of Russian soldiers from Ukrainian artillery and said the army lacked proper counter artillery systems and reconnaissance of enemy artillery.

Russians withdrawing from key position in southern Ukraine

November 09, 2022 9:19 pm

The withdrawal from the city of Kherson is a major setback for Russia -- it is the only regional capital Russian forces had seized during the eight-month war.

Turkish President Erdogan hosts Russian defence chief Sergei Shoigu amid Syria border tensions

July 02, 2017 10:37 pm

Cooperation had tightened markedly since last year, with the two countries jointly sponsoring peace talks in the Kazakh capital Astana.

India seeks Russian firms' support in defence manufacturing

June 21, 2017 4:32 pm

On June 23, Jaitley will co-chair the 17th meeting of the India-Russia Inter Governmental Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation with his Russian counterpart General Sergei Shoigu.

Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu's plane buzzed over Baltic by NATO jet

June 21, 2017 4:06 pm

One of the Russian fighter jets escorting Shoigu's plane had inserted itself between the defence minister's plane and the NATO fighter and tilted its wings from side to side to show the weapons it was carrying; after that, agencies said the F-16 left the area.