Conflict In The Kremlin

Shoigu and Patrushev have a falling out over their office.

After receiving the new post of Secretary of the Russian Security Council in May, Sergei Shoigu was unable to move into the office assigned to his predecessor in this post, one of the informed interlocutors told Proekt.

The interview that Shoigu gave in September confirms this information: the former defense minister gave it from a different office than the one in which Nikolai Patrushev had previously sat.

When Vladimir Putin transferred Patrushev from Security Council secretary to his assistant on May 14, 2024, he asked his boss to leave him a luxurious office, one of the informed interlocutors told Proekt. Putin agreed, but did not come up with anything in return for Shoigu, who was supposed to move in there, he clarified.

In a September interview with the state television channel Rossiya 24, Shoigu is sitting in an office decorated with dark wood. The Security Council emblem is illuminated in the background. The emblem is out of place — it was simply placed there for the photo, and the flag is positioned nearby in such a way that it interferes with the person sitting at the table, Proekt reports.

Patrushev's office was filmed during an interview with Kommersant newspaper in 2021. The room was decorated in a completely different style.

The source believes that Shoigu now periodically sits in the building of the Russian Geographical Society. Proekt was unable to independently confirm this information.

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