After the Kherson pullout, Prigozhin, a fierce critic of Gerasimov and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, praised Surovikin as "a man who is not afraid of responsibility".

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/factbox-who-is-russias-general-armageddon-surovikin-missing-since-mutiny/article_4a6bddb5-0603-55a6-8f35-51e75784661f.html

After the press conference attended by Baerbock, China announced that the country’s Defense Minister Li Shangfu would visit Russia on Sunday, where he will meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu.

Source: https://www.euronews.com/2023/04/14/germany-asks-china-to-intervene-to-stop-russias-war-in-ukraine

Also on Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told China’s special envoy Li Hui that there were “serious obstacles” to peace talks, according to a statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Source: https://www.pressherald.com/2023/05/27/kyiv-readies-for-counteroffensive-as-commander-vows-to-take-back-whats-ours/

A new photo appearing to show Russian General Sergei Surovikin, who disappeared from public view following a short-lived mutiny by Wagner mercenary fighters in June, has been published on the social media account of a prominent Russian media personality.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/5/russian-general-surovikin-seen-in-first-photo-since-wagner-revolt-reports?traffic_source=rss

An image from the Russian Defense Ministry of the minister, Sergei K. Shoigu, right, arriving in Vladivostok on Saturday with Kim Jong-un of North Korea, center.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/16/world/asia/kim-jong-un-north-korea-russia.html

Another former Russian intelligence officer, Sergei Skripal, was poisoned in Britain in 2018.

Source: https://sentinelcolorado.com/nation-world/world/nerve-agents-poison-and-window-falls-over-the-years-kremlin-foes-have-been-attacked-or-killed/

Anthony Duclair and Carter Verhaeghe also scored for Florida, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 22 shots.

Source: https://wabcradio.com/2023/05/08/nhl-playoffs-kraken-dominate-stars-panthers-beat-maple-leafs/

A shot from Morgan Rielly pushed past Sergei Bobrovsky’s goal line but the officials deemed the play dead prior to the puck crossing the line, keeping the Leafs from tying with the Panthers in the second period.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/national-hockey/leaf-fans-left-dejected-after-game-5-season-ending-loss-to-panthers-6990499

Aspinall knocked out Sergei Pavlovich in the first round for the interim heavyweight championship in front of a packed crowd that included former President Donald Trump.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/11/12/aspinall-wins-interim-heavyweight-title-pereira-crowned-light-heavyweight-champ-at-ufc-295/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aspinall-wins-interim-heavyweight-title-pereira-crowned-light-heavyweight-champ

A U.S. official said Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke briefly to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines and told him Washington would back Ukraine as long as necessary and that Moscow must cease the war.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/03/02/ukraine-clings-to-bakhmut-blinken-tells-lavrov-u-s-will-back-kyiv-all-the-way/

Belarus and Russia maintain regular diplomatic contacts: Sergei Aleinik and Sergey Lavrov met in Minsk on 19 December 2022 and on 18-19 January 2023, and also on the sidelines of the CIS Ministerial Council meeting on 14 April 2023.

Source: https://eng.belta.by/politics/view/russian-mfa-belarus-russia-relations-can-serve-as-a-model-of-interstate-cooperation-158755-2023/

Col Sergei Postovalov, 53, was fatally wounded in a 10 June strike which hit a Russian command post close to Henichesk minutes after Putin's deputy premier Denis Manturov had visited.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12221845/British-Storm-Shadow-missile-hits-bridge-Crimea-Russian-territory.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

“Deployment of nonstrategic nuclear weapons is an effective response to the aggressive policy of countries unfriendly to us,” Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said in Minsk during a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Shoigu.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/05/25/russia-formalises-agreement-to-deploy-nuclear-weapons-to-europe-in-belarus/

“During the night the armed forces of Ukraine made an unsuccessful attempt to attack the Sergei Kotov and Vasiliy Bykov patrol ships of the Black Sea fleet with three unmanned sea boats,” the defence ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2023/08/01/ukraine-denies-attack-russian-ships-black-sea/

Earlier today, Wang met with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and parroted the same lines about how China remains 'committed' to 'preserving' its ties with Russia 'no matter how the international situation changes'.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11779563/China-strengthen-deepen-ties-Russia-Beijings-diplomat-says.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

“Every miner is a hero, because when he goes down, he does not know if he will come back or not,” said Sergei Glazkov, a former miner.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/29/kazakhstan-mourns-after-arcelormittal-mine-disaster-kills-45

FILE - Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop attends a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, on May 20, 2022.

Source: https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/mali-defends-russian-ties-and-opposes-options-for-un-force

FILE PHOTO: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu attends a meeting of President Vladimir Putin with heads of security services in Moscow, Russia, June 26, 2023.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/russia-says-it-may-use-similar-weapons-if-u.s.-supplies-cluster-bombs-to-ukraine

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow saw no prospects of peace talks and there could be no negotiations with Zelenskiy.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/01/18/ukraine-interior-minister-among-18-killed-in-helicopter-crash/

Former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned by nerve agent Novichok in Salisbury in Wiltshire in 2018.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-64742249?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA