The dismissal of the Russian Defense Minister at the request of Putin
| The President of Russia has appointed Andrey Belousov, who was previously the First Deputy Prime Minister, as the new Minister of Defense of Russia. |
report Mehr News Agency quoted by Tass, “Vladimir Putin”, President of Russia “Andrey Belousov“, who was previously the first deputy prime minister, was appointed as the new defense minister of Russia. Of course, this change is based on the Russian Constitution by the Prime Minister, and in fact, Putin proposed and requested such a change to the Prime Minister.
On the other hand, “Sergei Shoigu”, replacing Nikolai Patroshev will be the Secretary of the Security Council.
Other heads of ministries and security services as well as Sergei and Foreign Minister Lavrov will keep their positions in the government.
The Russian president has also proposed that Boris Kovalchuk be appointed as the head of the Chamber of Accounts . This post has been vacant for the past year and a half.
Sergei Shoygo who has been the head of the Ministry of Defense of Russia since 2012, was appointed as the Secretary of the Security Council. Putin has suggested that Anna Belosov be appointed as the new head of the Russian Defense Ministry. Belousov previously served as Minister of Economic Development, Assistant to the President of Russia for Economic Affairs and First Deputy Prime Minister, overseeing the economic bloc.
Dmitry Pskov, Kremlin spokesman told reporters that the decision to appoint text-align:justify”>Belousov as the Minister of Defense is related to the economic needs of the security bloc to a part of the country’s economy. Now the budget of the Ministry of Defense is close to the level of the 1980s, which is not critical but very important.
Pskov emphasized, Valery Gerasimov, the head of the Russian General Staff, will retain his post. He noted that the appointment of Belosov will not change the current system in terms of defense issues in any way.
Shoigu as Secretary of the Security Council of Russia, among other things, oversees the work of the Federal Service for Cooperation The techno-military, which recently became directly subordinate to the president, will oversee.
Apart from that, Shoigu will also become the vice president of the Military-Industrial Commission. Putin is now its head, while Dmitry Medvedev is his first deputy in the body.
Patroshev was dismissed from his duties in relation to his new post according to the presidential decree . Pskov said the Kremlin will announce more details about his new position in the next few days.
Putin has suggested that other heads of ministries and agencies of the security and foreign policy bloc should hold positions keep themselves Thus, Sergei Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vladimir Kolokoltsev Minister of Internal Affairs, Alexander Korenkov Minister of Emergency Situations and Konstantin Chvichenko Minister of Justice will continue to perform their duties.
Sergei Naryshkin, head of Russia’s foreign intelligence service, Alexander Bortnikov and Dmitry Kuchnev, head of the Federal Security Service and the Federal Protection Service of Russia, as well as the head of the National Guard (Rosguardia) Viktor Zolotov, other Officials who will retain their posts. Alexander Lintz will remain the head of the main department of special programs of the president. He is responsible for the development and implementation of government policies in the field of mobilization and the planning of related events.
Putin has also proposed the appointment of Boris Kovalchuk as the head of the Computational Chamber. The post has been vacant since November 2022, when Alexei Kudrin submitted his resignation. The head of the Accounting Chamber is appointed by the Federation Council. Kovalchuk one of the three proposed candidates Valentina Matvinko, was the speaker of the Russian House of Representatives for the presidency.
