Sergei Shoigu
Russian politician
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| August 5 2024 | Conducted high-level diplomatic meetings in Tehran with the new Pezeshkian government, Iran's General Staff, and members of Iran's Supreme National Security Council. |
| June 25 2024 | International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Shoigu, charging him with alleged war crimes related to missile strikes against Ukrainian energy infrastructure. |
| May 2024 | Replaced as Defense Minister by Andrey Belousov and appointed as secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation by Vladimir Putin. |
| May 12 2024 | Replaced Nikolai Patrushev as Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation after Putin's re-election, signaling potential changes in Russia's security strategy. |
| April 23 2024 | His deputy Timur Ivanov was arrested for taking bribes. |
| August 2023 | Announcement of separation between Shoigu's daughter and her husband Stolyarov, allegedly instigated by Shoigu and Putin. |
| July 2023 | Visited North Korea with a Chinese delegation, meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Defence Minister Kang Sun-nam for the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War. |
| June 2023 | Involved in a significant feud with Yevgeny Prigozhin that leads to a Wagner Group mutiny. |
| June 26 2023 | Russian Ministry of Defence published a video showing Shoigu meeting Russian officers in Ukraine, seemingly contradicting rumors about his potential dismissal. |
| June 24 2023 | Survived the Wagner Group rebellion after an agreement was reached, with speculation about his potential removal from his position. |
| June 23 2023 | Accused by Prigozhin of lying about the justifications for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with Prigozhin claiming Shoigu 'killed thousands of the most combat-ready Russian soldiers' in the initial stages of the war. |
| June 20 2023 | Stated that the Ukrainian counteroffensive began on June 4, claiming Ukraine launched 263 unsuccessful attacks and Russia lost no territory. |
| June 6 2023 | Claimed Ukrainian offensive attempts were thwarted and Russian soldiers showed courage and heroism in battles. |
| May 5 2023 | Publicly criticized by Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who blamed Shoigu and Valery Gerasimov for 'tens of thousands' of Wagner Group casualties during the Ukraine invasion. |
| April 28 2023 | Met with Indian Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation defence ministers' meeting in New Delhi. |
| April 18 2023 | Met with Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu in Moscow, discussing expanded military cooperation. |
| December 21 2022 | Declared that the war in Ukraine would continue in 2023 'until the tasks are completed', claiming victory was 'inevitable'. |
| December 6 2022 | Stated that Russian forces were 'inflicting massive strikes' on Ukraine. |
| October 28 2022 | Reported that 82,000 mobilized reservists had been deployed to the combat zone. |
| October 23 2022 | Claimed without evidence that Ukraine might use a 'dirty bomb', which was rejected by UK, US, and French governments. |
| September 2022 | Announced Russian military mobilization, claiming 5,397 Russian soldiers killed and planning to mobilize 300,000 reservists. |
| September 21 2022 | Claimed in a televised speech that Russia was at war with the 'collective West' and NATO, not just Ukraine. |
| August 16 2022 | Stated that Russia does not need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, describing their purpose as deterrence. |
| May 13 2022 | Received a phone call from U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin urging an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine; on the same day, former FSB officer Igor Girkin criticized Shoigu for 'criminal negligence' in the invasion. |
| April 24 2022 | Putin broadcast an 11-minute meeting with Shoigu about the Siege of Mariupol with English subtitles. |
| February 28 2022 | The Government of Canada imposed sanctions on Shoigu as part of measures against Russian Federation Security Council members for actions in Ukraine. |
| February 25 2022 | The United States placed Shoigu on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. |
| February 24 2022 | Russia launched a large-scale military invasion of Ukraine, with Shoigu claiming the purpose was to protect Russia from military threats posed by Western countries. |
| February 23 2022 | The European Union added Shoigu to a sanctions list, holding him responsible for actions that undermine Ukraine's territorial integrity, sovereignty, and security. |
| February 11 2022 | Met with UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, denying Russian plans to invade Ukraine and discussing implementation of Minsk agreements. |
| August 2021 | Shoigu publicly praised and emphasized the military cooperation between Russia and China, underscoring the strategic partnership between the two nations. |
| August 2021 | Shoigu reported that Russia had tested 320 new weapons during its campaign in Syria. |
| August 2021 | In a YouTube interview on 'Solovyov Live', Shoigu highlighted significant military procurement achievements, noting the dramatic increase in weapon systems received for ground forces over his tenure. |
| August 29 2021 | Shoigu stated that Russia doesn't consider Ukraine a threat, expressing hope that the 'nationalist mayhem' would be stopped and emphasizing Russians and Ukrainians as 'a single people'. |
| 2020 | Shoigu was reappointed as defence minister in the Mishustin government, continuing his leadership of Russia's military. |
| 2018 | Shoigu was reappointed as defence minister in the Medvedev second government, continuing his leadership of the Russian military. |
| September 24 2018 | Following the plane incident, Shoigu announced Syria would receive S-300 air-defense missile systems within two weeks and implemented additional military measures including radio-electronic jamming of military aircraft communication systems. |
| September 17 2018 | During Israeli missile strikes in western Syria, a Russian Il-20 ELINT reconnaissance plane was accidentally shot down by a Syrian S-200 surface-to-air missile, killing 15 Russian servicemen. |
| July 2018 | Shoigu warned that the Poroshenko administration of Ukraine was not fulfilling the Minsk agreements aimed at ending the war in Donbas. |
| 2017 | Alleged end of Shoigu's affair with Elena Shebunova. |
| December 26 2017 | Shoigu announced Russia was forming a permanent military grouping at the Tartus naval facility and Hmeymim airbase, after Putin's approval. The Russian parliament also ratified an agreement to expand the Tartus naval facility into a full-fledged naval base. |
| December 11 2017 | After declaring Syria 'completely liberated' from ISIL, Putin ordered partial withdrawal of Russian forces from Syria, with Shoigu confirming the troops had begun returning. |
| October 2016 | Shoigu hosted 56 representatives from 31 OSCE nations, personally showcasing Russia's military capabilities and claiming full implementation of confidence and security obligations. During the visit, new weapons for the Russian Aerospace Force, Ground, and Airborne Forces were demonstrated. |
| July 2016 | Shoigu announced the deployment of additional air defense systems in southwest Russia and a 'self-sufficient' troop contingent in Crimea. He also reported forming four divisions, nine brigades, and 22 regiments, including two missile brigades armed with Iskander missile complexes. |
| December 16 2015 | Shoigu spoke to State Duma members behind closed doors, discussing the possibility of Russian forces 'reaching the Euphrates' in Syria. |
| September 30 2015 | Russia began a military operation in Syria, carried out by the Russian Aerospace Forces, with support from the Russian Navy and Syrian Armed Forces under Bashar al-Assad. |
| March 2015 | Russia, under Shoigu's leadership, unilaterally suspended all activities related to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, signaling a significant shift in military diplomatic relations. |
| July 2014 | Ukraine opened a criminal case against Shoigu, accusing him of helping to form 'illegal military groups' in Eastern Ukraine and coordinating actions of DPR Supreme Commander Igor Girkin, including supplying destructive weapons with Putin's approval. |
| February 2014 | Announced Russia's plans to sign military base and airplane refueling station agreements with Vietnam, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, the Seychelles, Singapore, and other countries. Only the Vietnam agreement was effectively signed within a year. |
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