How Did Russia's Minister Of Defense Get To Own An $18 Million Mansion

Radio Free Europe: Russian Defense Chief Shoigu Accused Of Owning $18 Million Mansion

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has long been one of Russia’s most-popular government figures, due in part to years of lavish state television coverage of him as emergency situations minister, a ministry he headed for nearly two decades.

He has also been largely unscathed by corruption scandals of the sorts that plagued his predecessor as defense minister, who was sacked in 2012 after facing fraud investigations.

That relatively squeaky-clean reputation now looks to have been dented with revelations by opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, whose team of muckrakers have accused Shoigu of hiding an $18 million mansion that he purportedly controls by registering it in the name of family members.

WNU Editor: Here is a photo of his "palace". I first heard about this last year from my cousins (they are in the real estate and development business in Moscow) .... but it looks like the West has finally caught up to the story. I am very familiar with this neighborhood, my parents home is also in Barvikha .... about a kilometer away from Defense Minister Shoigu's home (and no .... my parents home is not worth $18 million).

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