Tag Archives: Sergei Shoigu

How Putin’s Anti-Corruption Purge May Result in More Military Inefficencies

Prof. Mark Galeotti has an interesting article this week on the new Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu, who has replaced Anatoly Serdyukov as part of the much publicized anti-corruption purge taking place among the siloviki. Although Shoigu represents the kind of competent civilian that some elites want to weed out corruption in the Russian military-industrial [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 22, 2012

TODAY: NGOs targeted; Razvozzhayev charged with 15-year-old robbery; Putin’s WTO pessimism; wind farm plans; Shoigu in China; Rushydro to be recapitalised; OMV reconsiders relationship with Gazprom; Khodorkovsky criticises Dudley; YouTube removed from web blacklist. At least four non-governmental organisations were harassed with graffiti and pickets after the new law, under which foreign-funded NGOs must register [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 9, 2012

TODAY: Opposition influence grows; Serdyukov dismissal is either anti-corruption bid or personal issue; more Russians challenge validity of U.S. elections; new Jewish Museum in Moscow; Bashneft Iraq deal and Russia’s untapped reserves.  Their numbers have declined, but extra-parliamentary opposition has grown in influence since last year, suggests a new study.  Newly-appointed Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 7, 2012

TODAY: Serdyukov fired amid corruption scandal, affair rumours; Kashin identifies attacker; Russian observers say U.S. elections neither free nor fair; Obama victory boosts Russian stocks; Novatek acquires half of Nortgas; PGNiG secures victory against Gazprom; cash cows, Internet blacklist.  President Vladimir Putin’s firing of Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and replacing him with Moscow Governor Sergei [...]

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