What actually happened:
https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2024/05/13/unplanned-obsolescence-en
After 12 years at the helm of the Defence Ministry, Shoigu will now become Secretary of Russia’s Security Council. Political analyst Fyodor Krasheninnikov told Novaya Europe that for Shoigu this “definitely isn’t a promotion, but nor is it a disgrace, and he isn’t being punished or hidden from view. It’s a sideways move, not a demotion. The Security Council is a somewhat honorary position, but he hasn’t been put out to pasture. Patrushev was and remains quite influential, after all. And Shoigu will have an interesting job and opportunities,” he said.