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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe disappearance of Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu
Defence Minister Sergei Shoigus disappearance is reported In RussiaRussian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has not appeared in public since 11 March, so he has not been seen for 12 of the 28 days of war in Ukraine, Russian media reported.
Source: Russian investigative journalists from Mediazona and Agentstvo
Details: Journalists note that Shoigu has not appeared in public since 11 March.
Shoigu is usually very active in the media. With his arrival at the Ministry of Defence, the number of staff in the press service increased sharply and the agency began to pay a lot of attention to its public image.
Agenstvo reports that until 11 March, Shoigu used to appear in the news almost every day.
Within Shoigu's entourage there is talk of him not being in good health - he has heart problems, an acquaintance of the minister told the newspaper.
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According to investigators, Shoigu is not the only person who has disappeared. Since 11 March, no events have been reported that were attended by Russian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov.
More: https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/03/23/7333825/
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The disappearance of Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (Original Post)
Yorkie Mom
Mar 2022
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Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)1. Busy trying to salvage UKR disaster or they have already been disappeared.
brush
(53,778 posts)2. Already been disappeared is my bet. Putin is pissed...
that invading Ukraine hasn't been a 3-day field trip.
Gore1FL
(21,132 posts)3. "there is talk of him not being in good health - he has heart problems"
No doubt complicated by Polonium poisoning.
Sneederbunk
(14,290 posts)4. At an undisclosed location.
Even he does not know where he is.