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by wrp 1098 days ago
Now you raise that perspective, I'm reminded that Shoigu rose to his current high position because of his success in cracking down on corruption in government departments. I read he made a lot of enemies.
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No way. No one rose in Putin Russia because of cracking down on corruption - it's the life blood of the regime.

For a long time Shouigu was a minister of emergencies and had very good PR strategy - there were always TV crews following his every move, that were paid from his ministry budget.