Putin begins defense ministry purge amid nuclear secrets leak rumor

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1. By Martha McHardy — US News Reporter |

   The firing of Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu and members of his team may be linked to a leak of nuclear secrets, an expert has claimed, as Vladimir Putin’s Defense Ministry purge continues.

   In a post on Telegram, Russian dissident exile Vladimir Osechkin said Putin’s purge of his Defense Ministry had deepened on Tuesday, with three of Shoigu’s deputies revealed to have resigned at least a week before their boss.

   Read more: [https://www.newsweek.com/shoigu-defense-resigantion-putin-russia-1900451](https://www.newsweek.com/shoigu-defense-resigantion-putin-russia-1900451)

2. The world is about to find out that Russia only has 14 working nukes left.

3. Their minds just emit secrets

   By many avenues Russia as leaky as a sieve

4. Bring on the stalinist purges

5. I already didn’t really trust Newsweek (lots of clickbait headlines and such), but now they’re posting their own articles on Reddit? Strange shit.

6. The leak is that they’re leaking.