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  • Putin's Military Purge 'Unnerved' Russian Elites: Report

    01/17/2025 10:23:42 AM PST · by UMCRevMom@aol.com · 196 replies
    newsweek.com ^ | Jan 17, 2025 at 7:51 AM EST | By Ellie Cook Security & Defense Reporter
    he arrests and firing of several high-profile associates of former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu by Kremlin authorities have sparked deep anxieties among members of the Russian elite connected to the current head of Moscow's Security Council, according to a new report. Newsweek has reached out to the Russian Defense Ministry for comment via email. WHY IT MATTERS A slew of well-known figures working in the Russian government and the military were arrested and axed from their posts last year. Western analysts have noted that schisms within the Kremlin's upper echelons are increasingly catching international attention as the grinding war...