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SERGEI IVANOV, PUTIN ALLY AND FORMER RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTER, DIES AT 73

  • NEWS Desk Global
  • 1 day ago
  • 1 min read

Former Russian defence minister Sergei Ivanov, once seen as a possible successor to President Vladimir Putin, has ‌died at the age of 73.

Ivanov was a key member of the group known as the "siloviki" or "strongmen" who, like Putin, had risen through the ranks of the Soviet KGB security service and wielded huge influence after Putin took power at the turn of the millennium.

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