Where is Sergei Shoigu, Russia's Defense Minister?

[Blueplanet]

Apparently, he has been missing.

https://www.ibtimes.sg/where-sergei-shoigu-russia-defense-minister-vanishes-citing-heart-problems-amid-strained-63554

"Vladimir Putin is getting into deeper crisis, with reports coming in that Russia's defense minister Sergei Shoigu has vanished from view citing "heart problems." According to reports, Shoigu hasn't been seen for the past 12 days and no one knows about his whereabouts, while opposition media has claimed that old footage and pictures are being shown of him on TV."

[questionseverything]

1. Having tea? Falling out a window?

Stuffed in a suitcase?

[PortTack]

5. I'll take suitcases for $200

[questionseverything]

9. Maybe more like a trunk

[PortTack]

15. Well..I don't know..ever watch a movie where an angry woman is leaving a relationship?

She can stuff a lot in that suitcase

[Hekate]

2. Glowing in the dark while the polonium decays?

[SoonerPride]

3. Russia keeps losing their defense chiefs and generals.

You hate to see it.

[MadameButterfly]

12. It's like being a professor of the dark arts

at Hogwarts

[SoonerPride]

13. Hahaha

[crickets]

4. Apparently he's still around.

He's not talking, though.

https://news.yahoo.com/putins-defence-chief-resurfaces-disappearing-151105351.html
Thu, March 24, 2022, 11:11 AM

LONDON (Reuters) - Russia's defence minister was briefly shown by state media at a meeting of top officials on Thursday after dropping out of public view for days during Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Sergei Shoigu, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, is overseeing what Russia calls its "special military operation", but had not been seen in public since March 11, fuelling speculation about his whereabouts.

The 66-year-old was shown on Thursday on a televised split screen of top officials as Putin spoke to his Security Council by video conference in footage released by RIA news agency.

RIA made a point of zooming in on Shoigu in the top left-hand corner of a video screen set in front of Putin. The clip did not contain audio and did not show Shoigu speaking.

[maxsolomon]

8. They don't want him in front of a microphone.

Since he's losing the war & he knows it. Probably for his own good.

[crickets]

10. True. Also, I don't think he has an "own good" any more. nt

[maxsolomon]

11. He's Vlad's long-time buddy

If he has empathy for any other human being, it might be Shoigu.

[Blueplanet]

14. YouTube Video showing Sergei Shoigu

Top left-hand corner of the video screen

[TomWilm]

16. And this seems to be the older video used to fake this!

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1586210/Vladimir-Putin-Russia-Sergei-Shoigu-missing-defence-minister-Ukraine-war-latest-news-vn

[MyMission]

6. Maybe he's fled, on his own

But odds are he was taken out or away because he didn't agree with putin or couldn't do what was expected of him. Dead or in hiding are my top 2 thoughts on what happened to him.
My gut says we'll never know...

[dem4decades]

7. 9mm to the heart are heart problems?

[BlueIdaho]

17. Those hot lead injections are tough on a guy... nt.