Is Time running out for Sergei Shoigu

Tomorrow is Putin´s 70 birthday and there will be no celebrations as there is nothing to celebrate about due Russia poor handling on Ukraine situation. Russian State Duma is having a meeting with Sergei Shoigu about Russian poor performace in Ukraine and defence budget which seems to be a big issue.. somehow. So is Sergei Shoigu now next person who get fired ..

According many military experts the reason why Russia is doing so poorly from the start is that Putin cuts in everything without having good military training. Putin´s basic military training is only artillery officer, training he recieved about 50 years ago, being a office rat of KGB does not make him genius in war strategies.

Next is translated with google

The State Duma will hold a closed meeting with Shoigu to ensure the mobilized

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On October 17, closed hearings will be held in the State Duma, during which members of the parliamentary defense committee will discuss with the Deputy Ministers of Defense of Russia Sergei Shoigu (Alexey Krivoruchko and Mikhail Mizintsev) the situation with the problems of providing for the mobilized. Deputy Andrey Gurulev explained that during the meeting the question will be raised why the Russian mobilized military personnel cannot “be properly shod and dressed”.

“The problems are as follows - every year, within the framework of the budget of the Russian Federation, money is allocated in full to the Defense Ministry, including a separate item - logistics ... Today we cannot understand why our mobilized cannot properly put on shoes and clothes. Uniform, clothes, weapons - that's all," Mr. Gurulev told RIA Novosti.

According to him, the meeting with the deputy defense ministers will be held as part of the hearings on the defense budget.

Earlier, deputies Andrei Kartapolov and Vasily Piskarev asked the Prosecutor General's Office to deal with the situation with the supply of the rear. Mr. Gurulev stated that after the start of mobilization in Russia, 1.5 sets of uniforms were not found at the points of reception of personnel.

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So money is running out for Russia.

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on September 20 that the budget deficit in 2023 is projected at 2.9 trillion rubles. The search for sources of replenishment of the budget is becoming one of the most pressing topics. The author of the project "20 ideas for the development of Russia" Dmitry Davydov offers a set of measures that can expand the revenue base of the budget.

In general, he estimates the proceeds from these initiatives at 2.02 trillion rubles. annually as of 2022, or 8% of planned revenues within the budget for this year (25 trillion rubles). This volume is comparable to the total budget of 14 regions with average population.

For example, for 2022, the revenue part to the budget of the Belgorod region is planned in the amount of 138 billion rubles, the Omsk region - 132.7 billion rubles, the Altai Territory - 144.4 billion rubles.

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One of the key areas of legislative changes within the framework of Dmitry Davydov's project is related to the reform of the system for calculating fines and preventing offenses and crimes. Firstly, the author proposes to increase fines for violation of traffic rules and adjust the mechanisms for calculating such fines - in total, these measures can bring about 936 billion rubles to the budget.

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It's fall there so it is a bit chilly. Candles are being lited up in peoples homes for his birthday. Not like china joe 's birthday.

a reply to: dollukka
Well , Putin has already lost the war ,the annexation at this moment is re-conquered and many reservists are fleeing Russia.

We expect 300000 Rusian reservists in Europe the coming days. And will be respected for their choice to leave the country and given asylum

a reply to: 0bserver1

You have any source which borders they will come through as if i am not right borders are pretty much closed and Norway is closing its north border with Russia today.
There is a huge risk accepting these "reservists" as we already see what is happening in Moldova where fleed russians were in the coop of starting demostrations against Moldovan government. Among innocent reservist there are those who are told to do so by the russian government for later intructions.

Firstly, there is no reason to assume that the men currently leaving Russia would automatically be against Russia’s war against Ukraine or the Putin regime.

A second argument that everyone should consider is that if Russia really wants to get the most extensive results possible from its announced mobilisation, why hasn’t Russia closed its borders? Why are these hundreds of thousands of men allowed to leave the country? Logic would say that if you want to get the maximum out of the mobilisation, you close the borders and send all men to fight in Ukraine.

It is pretty clear that among those leaving Russia, there are also people whom the Russian authorities have specifically sent. For example, in Moldova, there have already been demonstrations against the Moldovan government, with the participation of figures who have just arrived from Russia.

Thirdly, suppose the war in Ukraine was to expand into a conflict between the Western world and Russia. In that case, Europe could find itself in a situation where there are already hundreds of thousands or millions of young Russian men in the Member States. What will be their loyalty and behaviour if there should be a direct conflict with their home country? At the moment, we can only guess, but in any case, the risks are very high in this regard.

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a reply to: dollukka

So is Sergei Shoigu now next person who get fired ..

I think he will be the next high ranking Russian official to have an “accident”.

I presume there can only be so much purging before some takes Putin out.

a reply to: dollukka

“The problems are as follows - every year, within the framework of the budget of the Russian Federation, money is allocated in full to the Defense Ministry, including a separate item - logistics ... Today we cannot understand why our mobilized cannot properly put on shoes and clothes. Uniform, clothes, weapons - that's all,"

Corruption , easy enough to understand.

I wonder what Putin wants for his Birthday tomorrow.

a reply to: Overseeall

Another one that would do well to steer clear of high balconies and upper floor windows.

a reply to: gortex

Putin want to excape from under radar .. so it is a scapegoat time

Orwell was right

The rope tightens as puppet leader of occupied Kherson Kirill Stremousov commented

“Indeed, many say that the Minister of Defense [Sergei Shoigu], who allowed this situation to happen, could, as an officer, shoot himself. But, you know, the word officer is an unfamiliar word for many,” he added.

CNN

i guess he has just had a talk with Putin.

Serg should have stuck to his shamanic rituals and attempts to use genetic tech to ressurect the wooly mammoth IMO.
Seriously-thats what he was up to before the war kicked off.

Him and Putin used to go on special"Bro"weekends where they would do "rituals"in a yurt deep in the Siberian forests.
I know those with a dirty mind may think I am using innuendo in that sentence-But all is as reported across the media.

Oh well hes shaping up to be a juicy scapegoat now-question is-which form of "retirement" is he looking at?
The regular kind-or the euphemistic Russian kind?

a reply to: dollukka

There have been suspicions about the death of German general von Fritsch in 1939.

Shoigu could "suicide himself" in that manner and render one last service to the Russian motherland.

He is definitely in a tight spot at the moment.

Cheers

a reply to: F2d5thCavv2

If he manages to avoid tall buildings he'll maybe fall down the stairs.

Of his bungalow.

a reply to: Silcone Synapse

Well, that's another similarity to the Nazi regime.

The Nazis had plans to "reverse genetically engineer" aurochs and have them roam the forests of Europe again.

Weirder and weirder.

Cheers

a reply to: F2d5thCavv2
The Aurochs idea was a real peach though -If only the Nazis had gone more in that direction instead of the master race/genocide thing.
We could be living in Jurassic park by now FFS.

a reply to: Silcone Synapse

And what could possibly go wrong?

a reply to: Oldcarpy2

Always wondered, after the first Jurassic World debacle, what on Earth were the insurance premiums like for the next Parks?!??!

Russia is due for another civil war. Maybe the Russians will take care of Putin and his ilk on their own like they should.

Wagner Group and other Elites calling for the removal of Sergei Shoigu on there dozens of telegram channels, now those admins are being arrested, sure sign of fracturing within the regime oligarchs