Voice of America: Putin Replaces Defense Minister Amid Corruption Scandal

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Putin Replaces Defense Minister Amid Corruption Scandal Nov 6th 2012, 13:03 Russian President Vladimir Putin has fired the defense minister to clear the way for an investigation into a corruption scandal. Putin said Tuesday that he has dismissed Anatoly Serdyukov from the powerful position and replaced him with former emergency minister and regional governor Sergei Shoigu, a staunch Putin ally. The move comes just weeks after Russia's Investigative Committee opened a probe into the alleged sales of military assets by a state-owned company to commercial firms at ... Media files: 4A870F60-FFAA-4981-8C5A-C7B6C4E61798_cx0_cy7_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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