Close Putin ally Shoigu fired as war costs could undo the Russian war effort | Prof. Scott Lucas

“Russia is running an overheated economy…Belousov is being brought in because of those problems.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin has fired his defence minister and close ally Sergei Shoigu, Prof. Scott Lucas from University College Dublin’s Clinton Institute explains how it is likely a move to end soaring war costs.

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