It hasn't been seen in public for 12 days, where's Sergei Shoigu: Sort of like suspicion.

Vladimir Putin's defence minister, Sergei Shogu, has disappeared following heart problems, at the time of Russia's war in Ukraine, writes Periscope.

Shoigu has not been seen in the last 12 days and an old photograph of him has appeared on TV, opposition media reports reported.

On March 18th, Shoigu, 66-year-old, was mentioned in a report on a Kremlin website saying he and Putin had discussed the progress of the special operation in Ukraine with permanent members of the Russian security council.

But his photos and videos haven't been seen. His relatives have said he was ill at heart, Agentstvo news agency a close source with the minister told him.

Shoigu is viewed as a more reliable and close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The event comes at the time when the nervous Putin has launched a witch's trial against his closest circle in finding the guilty responsible for failing his war strategy.

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In Putin's war room, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu is one of the most familiar figures. Since Putin's long reign with Moscow, Shoigu represents Vladimir Putin's closest man.

For the Russian writer and security expert Andrei Soldatov, Shoigu represents in the Kremlin much more than the Russian Armed Forces.

“Mr. Shoigu is one of Vladimir Putin's most reliable men, and the man Putin hears the word from”, he says of the BBC a few days ago, Periscope follows.

Mr. Shoigu is not only in charge of the military, but he's also in charge of the Idology he has control of the creation of modern-day Russian ideology evaporators, says Mr. Soldatov, translates Periscopi.

The shoigu also came under discussion when it presented Russia's aggression in Ukraine as a special military operation” until the country reached out to what it targeted in Ukraine.