Shoyigu's "Goalkeeper", 56-year-old suddenly died of heart disease!

December 28, AFP reported: "Yuri Sadenko, 56-year-old former Russian deputy defense minister, died of heart disease on the 25th, and the information has been confirmed by people close to him. Sadenko was born in Ukraine and has worked with Shoigu for many years. From 2002, he served as his assistant, director of the Moscow Region Office, and in 2013 became the deputy defense minister. He was known as the 'goalkeeper' and 'secret guardian'. Last May, when the Russian Ministry of Defense was reorganized, he was removed from his position along with Shoigu. It is reported that Sadenko had been sanctioned by many Western countries. There were no signs of poor health before his death."

[Witty] A sudden end after stepping down from power: perhaps an unspoken political footnote! The sudden death of 56-year-old Sadenko, with the official cause of death being heart disease, is hard to explain - this "goalkeeper" of Shoigu for 22 years, unexpectedly ended his life just seven months after stepping down from power, with no prior signs of poor health, reminiscent of historical echoes. From a helper of the Emergency Situations Ministry to a secret guardian of the Ministry of Defense, he witnessed the rise and fall of Shoigu's power, and was also involved in the Western sanctions vortex after the Russia-Ukraine conflict. In May 2024, the Ministry of Defense underwent a major reshuffle, and he moved along with Shoigu. Cutting ties with the core of power, such a scenario of falling from power and dying soon reminds people of the millennium mystery of "the candlelight and the axe sound"!

Some comments say that at a sensitive moment when Russia's defense spending ratio approaches the peak of 7.4% in the 1980s of the Soviet era, the death of this high-ranking official who knew too much can be said to be more of a key piece quietly retiring in the context of geopolitical rivalry and power restructuring, rather than a natural law.

Original: toutiao.com/article/1852757342662660/

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