Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made a new public appearance in a video, according to images released this Saturday, March 26, after a long absence of two weeks.
This unexpected "disappearance" in a context of war had not failed to feed all sorts of speculation, which the Kremlin had tried to sweep away.
In the video released recently by the Ministry of Defense, we see Sergei Shoigu chairing a meeting devoted to Russia's arms budget.
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He and Vladimir Putin regularly stage trips to the Siberian taiga, driving all-terrain vehicles, drinking tea or picking mushrooms.
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