Sergei Shoigu, 66, has been Russia’s defense minister since 2012. Loyal to the President Wladimir Putin He directed the early stages of the invasion of Ukraine, only to mysteriously disappear for a few weeks. There was talk of his position in the scales because of a lack of success in the field of the troops, also because of the recruitment of conscripts instead of professional and experienced soldiers; According to the British media, he was mentioned as a possible successor to the tsar in the event of an internal coup. All reasons why his power would have been compromised in court Putin. But now he has resurfaced, along with the allegations he made a few years ago Alexey Navalny about one $12 million mansion he secretly built in Moscow. Lots of unwarranted money spent on government payrolls.
The scandal was erupted in 2015, but the Kremlin had silenced everything. Now, social media is again peppering Shoigu and his ambiguous affairs with questions about the building itself. “Completely unrelated question: why did Shoigu manage to build a $12 million building on the outskirts of Moscow?” they tweeted. Perhaps there is also this secret to strain the coldness between him and Putin. That Tsar makes him pay for it?
