Back In The USSR

Or, 'Everybody do the Shoigu Shuffle'

Changes were expected in Russian politics after the recent election formalities and perfunctory 9 May celebrations. Following more than ten months of speculation in the wake of the Wagner mutiny, Vladimir Putin finally moved Sergei Shoigu out of his role as Defense Minister on Saturday and “proposed the candidacy of Andrei Belousov for the post,” accord…