Sergei Shoigu, the Russian minister of defence pushed aside by Putin.

Russian military veterans who have served in combat are likely to have regularly made fun of Shoigu.

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"leadership that is ineffective and out of touch"

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According to a Twitter intelligence update from the U.K. defence ministry, Russian development has stalled.

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Shoigu, a native of the isolated Tuva region of Russia.

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During the demise of the Soviet Union, the minister of emergency situations in the Kremlin.

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In 2012, Putin appointed him defence minister.

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On August 24, six months after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine celebrated its independence day.

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Shoigu spoke at a SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) defence ministers meeting in Uzbekistan.

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