Putin’s defence minister skipped inauguration as Kremlin braces for re-shuffle
2024 ж. 6 Мам.
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“One of the key absentees at that inauguration was the defence minister.”
The Kremlin is bracing for a shake-up of its senior leadership as Putin prepares to use Shoigu as a fall guy for his failings in Ukraine, says author Ian Williams.
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Fall guy is right. Mind the windows!
The basement windows are just as dangerous
WindowsXp
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Maybe Steven Seagal will be the next Minister of Defence.........
That's about the level....
Seagal has more military experence then Shoigu the Tuvan reindeer herder.
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Under the leadership of "Vladimir Pooooootin"
Good one!
A 'reshuffle'? Is that a euphemism for more people carelessly falling out of ninth floor windows?
Shoigu shuffled out the ninth floor window
You're right. In Russia, it's not so much of a reshuffle as a splat.
Maybe he is falling from grace.
As Shakespeare asserted they 'shuffled off this mortal coil'.
Don't be so dramatic. More often than not people just get some backwater position
Shoigu's demise is actually very bad news for Ukraine, they might replace him with someone competent
Competent would stop war. The opposite run until life end... "in-competent"
The Russian military has been exposed as an unprofessional mess, a paper tiger.
@@user-mz3in7vo5bit does NOT appear that Russia is losing the war. I think we face a long long war in Ukraine aimed at stopping a Russian victory. I don't think the war will be won by either side. Because neither side can lose. To my mind it looks chillingly like Afghanistan. Where the Taliban were just about kept in the game for decades ( with Russian /anti US help). Now its the reverse. The Western powers will make certain that Russia never fully wins.
Where's Gerasimov????
They don't have anyone competent near the top of the Russian govt, you only get that far by being corrupt.
Keep away from high rise windows Mr Shoigu! 😂
Shoigu is about to get the " window special"
There's nothing special about it - It's the only reason for having a window in russia these days.
Lol, but Shoigu was there 🤷🏽♂️
Yep. I saw him, too
Yes, he was.
Yes I saw him
Yes he was I saw him too. Never mind this News channel called times. They're anti Russian news channel.
This clip is made by British Mass media, i.e. Propaganda.
The look on his face during the event showed a man who has finally realized just how badly he has done, the sheer scope of his failure.
He didn't have a lot to work with.
“If there is Putin there is no Russia” is more like it!
True. And the original version (i.e. containing two "no"s) is, in any case, a blatant public admission of Putin's failure to achieve what he claimed was his objective ¼ century ago: to foster and develop a mature, democratic Russia. There are still available multiple videos of a 40-something Putin promising to achieve this.
@@davidwright5094 yes, indeed. Excellent point as I reviewed three of those clips today.
l'Etat, c'est moi..
Indeed, that is what seems to be coming.
Russis = Putinstan
Pootin only picks short guys so he doesn't feel so inadequate
Putin looks like a child in pictures standing next to that bear president in Belarus.
Zelenskyy seems completely comfortable with people of any height. True greatness is not related to physical size.
@@user-kq4hf8se5b Yet the “bear” agroführer himself is nothing but a footstool for Putin
Oligorc tZar Vladolff the Small 👑👴🏼🤏 knows very well that things will end for him like they did for his idols stalinka and sHitler.
Je is an actor ..putin is a lawyer @@user-ng2hc8zj6x
Wouldn't it be fun if Shoigu shows up in London or Washington with a bunch of documents. I suspect otherwise, but the it would be fun.
Shoigu was there. He appears very prominently early, practically filling the screen in the Inauguration video prior to Putrid's entrance. I don't know how visible he was later because I didn't watch the whole thing. He was not wearing his normal uniform, he was wearing a light gray uniform about the same color as Göring's Luftwaffe uniform. I'm actually happy he's still there. He's been so incompetent I'd had to see him replaced. Any replacement will almost certainly be more competent than Shoigu.
PUTIN is a hero. A server and saviour. Viva President Putin.
@@B1TV947 In as much as he'll completely destroy Russia diplomatically, economically and militarily, as you currently know it, I guess he's a mover and shaker, let's grant him that.
@@B1TV947 If I fuera you, I tell my doctor to change your medication, you must be delusional .
@@B1TV947 Yes he has done wonders for Russia They are one of the top performing countries in the developed world. LoL
He was there, the piece here is erroneous.
hmmm, pretty sure I saw Shoigu standing in the croud...
Do you know the Priest is/was a KGB agent. He recently got a raise from Putin.
A total farce that he is using the Church to support him. Sinful! ++++
I didn't realize that they had held another charade. Meanwhile, his army is dying in Ukraine.
He is a murderer who is wanted for war crimes. He will not be visiting London anytime soon...
Convicts and serfs, low class rabble. Putin, silovikis, and oligarchikis don't care about these.
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Shoigu, Surovikin, Prigozhin, Gerasimov. Goodnight, fellas.
Gerasimov isn't gone?
So, show him to the world! Not just old pic.
@@magnumxlpi No he's been paraded out a few times to do nothing with a slack mouthed expression looking rather beleaguered. I'd guess Gerasimov is either a double or that fellow underwent some sudden and serious cognitive decline.
@@foilhat1138 this isn't true at all. Look at the vid of him voting. Not sure why people make things up
@@magnumxlpi Which could have been filmed at any time, they knew the date of the election ahead of time. He also did nothing in the video, just shuffled around. I said he'd been paraded out a few times in my initial post, please try reading more carefully.
And where is General Gerasimov?!
Gerasimov is very busy doing something at the moment, he doesn't have time for photo shoots and stage managed interviews
@@normkeen2597 The last time I saw him he was with Shoigu in an undated video, staring open mouthed at an armored vehicle factory for no good reason.
According to my sources, Gerasimov is alive and well, and he will be leading the parade in Red Square on Thursday, driving one of those new turtle-tank tracked-shed chicken-coop contraptions.He wasn't able to attend the Prezidential inauguration jamboree because he was busy having last-minute driving lessons.
He has changed his name to Gerrimsentoff
@@gerardriordan1458 The off bit is important, I think he has been racked-off
Hear Shoigu has his own personal army. Could end in tears.
Shoigu!!!! Hear me!!!!!hear me!!!!!
Prigozhin wanted him gone
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu WAS at the inauguration. Your expert is mistaken.
I’ve heard that ex FSB officers who left RU say he is widely despised.
A liar, a thief, and a murderer come into a bar. The bartender says "hello Vladimir".
Shoigu knows he is next to take flying lessons. He is hiding in a house with no windows. Lavrov must be getting twitchy too.
Considering that Lavrov said publicly that there is no diplomatic solution to ukrainian crisis then his place is absolutely secure. He handed the matter into capable hands of the army and moved on doing diplomacy where it is achievable
His next inauguration is planned .... in The Hague !
Prigozhin’s mutiny clearly showed that no one in Russia really supports Putin. The fear is the only thing that holds the regime together.
Maybe some of the daftest citizenry actually support him but that is about it.
I fear you are right Comrade.
Unfortunately there is plenty of evidence that a majority of Russians support Putin.
I believe it.
@@anttikangasvieri1361вы сами себя назначили умным? Или у вас есть какое-то учебное заведение, которое выдаётся вам сертификат?
You bet he hides. His boss is a psychopath.
Erm, I saw him in the news footage, unless they showed an historical image for effect...
Stalin II. Geez.
Same thing with Putin. Don’t call him „president“. The correct title is: „dictator“
Putler will be a forgotten footnote in the annals of World history soon.😂🎉
With rampant amnesia plus revisionism afflicting the West, yeh Putin could be easily ignored and forgotten.
Yes he might have a spot found after a colon following the phrase: "An abbreviated list of the more despicable despots in history that vanished into oblivion:"
Who are you referencing? You sentence needs a subject for the predicate.
Yes just another psychopathic dictator.
In no way: he will be remembered as the one who weakened Russia like no one has done before. He will be remembered as a traitor and a catastrophe. If they let him continue, he may cause the collapse of Russia as an empire and their repression of other ethnicities..
If you remember apartheid South Africa - Prime Minister John Vorster was very religious, his brother was a Minister in the church and he also wanted to become a Minister but he turned to politics instead. Truly religious....
He and NP party ruined the country.
i watched the inauguration on sky news and saw Shoigu between the spectators. What are u on about?
I second that motion..he was there..
I saw him too.
That figures. We were expecting it. Plutonium tea or accidentally pushed through a window?
Shoigu has been promoted as reward for his success in Ukraine. You people live in a parallel reality.
Indeed
Shoigu had apparently wanted to retire before the SMO started, but was asked to remain. I am sure he would rather retire, given an opportunity.
His vacation begins on the 6th floor.
@@StormyDogand ends on the groundfloor, 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@StormyDog He has worked hard and been loyal to Putin. The only enemies he has to fear are the US and UK.
@@arselenebitara1356 are you guys out protesting Boeing or is it just a Russophobia thing
@@jeremycormier8559'russophobia' doesn't exist Being anti-Russian is human instinct
How is Shoigoo supposed to fill his 12 car garage mansion now!!?
If he was freely elected it might mean something.
putler clearly won the election! A 150cm man paid money to win the election 1 billion roubles..huh..huh..who paid? poor people, of course, this is how you got your money's worth easily!
Shoigu is back driving a concrete mixer
Shouigu was front and center at the inauguration. What are you people talking about?
Came here to post the same comment as yours. But Gerasimov was missing.
Shouigu was hiding behind Kirill and Medvedev during Putin's speech - not quite front and centre but there. No Gerasimov though - who has only been seen once (casting his ballot in the election and looking very out of place / disorientated) since he officially wasn't killed.
That's right, front and center. I saw him also. Times Radio, this is not good. a total loss of credibility ..See 9:22 on the video..
Yeah, Stalin was present also.
@@martysomoco No dude, he was there, i saw him also live on BBC yesterday.
Shoigu was there, I am sure I caught a glimpse of him in the crowd. Definitely not in any prominent position
This was all obvious 15 years ago, but the west was looking at this and cheering and honored him, shook his hands, doing business as usual...
Yes, thanks to the pastor's daughter, Merkel
Shoigu and Gerasimov BOTH gone! 🤣🤣🤣
Gerasimov didnt show himself again🙄
Gerasimov is busy elsewhere at the moment
According to my sources, Gerasimov is alive and well, and he will be leading the parade in Red Square on Thursday, driving one of those new turtle-tank tracked-shed chicken-coop contraptions.He wasn't able to attend the Prezidential inauguration jamboree because he was busy having last-minute driving lessons.
@@normkeen2597 perhaps in dubai, but actually he sshould be shown in this Kreml parade alive...🙄
I watched the inauguration, and Shoigu was there. I saw him. I did not, however, see Gerasimov.
I saw him too
Shoigu was there. I watched the ceremony on tv and he was there in full parade uniform.
Shoigu is a war criminal.
What he said
@@michaelbatterbee448 Indeed, I was highlighting the fact.
How?
@@hamish1309 "Planning, initiating and waging wars of aggression and other crimes against peace" - a war criminal.
Did he made you pregent so manu many times. WHY DID YOU WENT HIS BORD ROOM.... 📀
Thats funny he was there if you look he's in gray uniform look harder .
NO HE WASN'T.
@@Dark_Bandon😂😂😂 Dude, he WAS. I mean really know? Blatantly lie now?
@@Zero4Infinitives No he wasn't.
Shoigu could be the next Jeff Dunham puppet. He has the right skill set.
😂😂😂
Soigu was there. In the Audience with his nonsense medals for nothing.
Go Ukraine 🇺🇦
I just watched BBC 10 o’clock News report with Steve Rosenberg. It clearly showed Sergei Shoigu in the audience at today’s event.
Maybe it's h I s double😂😂
He was going to get caught sooner or later.
There can't be many random combinations left. If he keeps reshuffling any more, he will get back to where he started (minus the ones that "accidentally" fell out of windows in front of three witnesses, of course.
Are you dreaming, Shoigu was there!
Shoigu was too busy learning how to fly and drink dioxin. Best of luck with that!
Britain should focus on managing its own country and stopping their own country's takeover, their inability to tackle the migrant crisis , inability to provide itself a labour force despite free education and over a million citizens on benefits. Let's start there before focusing on Russia
Did MTG and Tucker make the inauguration?
Shoigu is in London
Did he parachute there like Hess did? 😀
@FN-hg2el so, according to the information of the Orthodox Church, this is what Moscow TV reported, but putler stuntman traveled to London, Shoigu was packed in a suitcase! but before this, Gerasimov flew to Mars - got a free ticket from the Hi-Mars ambassador! 👌🤣👍
Okay Shoigu. No plane rides or going above ground level floors, oh and be careful what you eat. The west needs your incompetence.
This makes me laugh, how many Prone Ministers have we had in the last couple of years 😂😂
ĹOh these set backs of the democracy are nothing. The country still stands strong. Not even poverty can defeat us. Go Britain!
Shoigu was seen in B&Q at the time of the ceremony, picking out a nice window frame.
Shoigu has had "his hand in the till" to excess. 😉
We could do with someone like that in the UK to get our country back.
Slava UKRAINE 🇺🇦
Shoigu was there! In the crowds wearing palm beach shorts. How did we every miss him?
Trump sees himself in that likeness 😩
Well on the video of the inauguration a bloke that looked like Shoigu's double was there right at the front of the crowd in ceremonial uniform.
Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder was also missing.
mad man
Without Putin, there will be peace all over the world.
RUSSIA´S DISINTEGRATION APROACHES
You've spelt Ukraine wrong.
@@TheSkaffen I like you, you're funny😘
Wishful thinking born out of humiliation from defeat.
@@johnadam2885 Whose defeat?
@pauligrisan4865 kzhead.info/sun/ateznqWGrHqff4U/bejne.html
“The Bloody Dwarf”, Nikolai Yezhov & Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu will probably share same fate.
Just like our British Challenger II tanks.
His narcissism his absent of reality, good as a study subject, very sad for russian people.
Don’t you think ppl in Russia would actually admit to not supporting Putin for fear of being arrested or murdered??
Putin go's through generals.. like i go threw peanuts 😅
Thank you.
It's only a matter of time when Shoigu will fly out of the window too...
That silly KGB walk, tells us everything we need to know about Vladolf Putler.
Shoigu may have been overseeing the attack on Zelensky today. As to 'the show' - it was a gaudy, creepy excuse for an inauguration.
what happens when you put an accountant or paper shuffler in charge of the military
If Shoigu wants to live long, he needs to move quickly to get the military to over thow Putler.
The world have forgotten the famous saying -"Anyone who loves freedom owes such a debt to the Red Army that it can never be repaid.. Ernest Hemingway " Reply
Stormy weather prevented #stinky 🤣🤣
Thanks!
The Fantasy Times
Shoigu might experience an open Windows update really soon.
He better stay far away from windows!
I am willing to accept no Russia and no Putin.
He has probably deserted to avoid being sent to the front in Ukraine 🙄😂
Oh no - Shoigu and Gerasimov are Ukraine’s greatest asset. They may be replaced with someone semi competent.
❤Ukrainian ❤
Poisoned chalice.....
I think they boiled him down .. Now he's Shoi-glue.. No seriously it's refreshing to hear a Russian general that hasn't just exploded.
That’s totally not what happened. 😂 Shovels and washing machine parts. He was promoted.
He was there you just missed it 😂😂😂
You say that the Vladimir Putin inauguration is a show. But isnt that the case with such events in the western world 🤔.
Shoigu was at the inauguration. More BS from the Times.
Well done!
Maybe Shoigu are looking for a windowless house...