Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu sees himself on the “throne” instead of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, and this top official becomes even more dangerous for the leader of the aggressor country than the leader of the private military company Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was in his time.
The head of the Russian Ministry of Defense had quite serious political ambitions, military-political commentator Alexander Kovalenko said on the FreeDom TV channel. “Shoigu has ambitions - he sees himself on the Russian throne instead of Putin, and these ambitions manifested themselves before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, when... Shoigu, almost as an ultimatum, won for himself the No. 1 seat in the United Russia party.. ", - said the expert.
The analyst noted that various power structures that are part of the Russian Ministry of Defense created near-political forces during the elections at different levels and tried to “break out.” “...Shoigu today is becoming more and more dangerous for Putin, even more dangerous than Prigozhin was, who balanced and created...”, he believes.