Identification of candidates for key positions in the new Russian government

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Tass” news agency, the Federation Council (Senate) of Russia, from today, Monday, started consultations on the candidates nominated by President Vladimir Putin for the positions of heads of the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Contingencies, Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

nominated Kalokoltsev for the post of Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia. Putin has also nominated Konstantin Chevichenko for the post of Minister of Justice and Sergey Lavrov for the position of the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. Lavrov has been the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia since 2004.

Furthermore, the Federation Council received the President’s nominations for senior officials of several federal departments: as follows: Sergey Naryshkin for the post of director of the Foreign Intelligence Service, Alexander Bortnikov for the post of director of the Federal Security Service, Viktor Zolotov for the head of the Federal Security Service of the National Guard, Dmitry Kochiev for the post of director of the Federal Security Service, and Alexander Lints for the post of head of the Main Office of the President’s Special Programs , were introduced.

Senators are expected to discuss the president’s proposed candidates in the expert committee meetings on Monday and in the Upper House session on Tuesday, May 14. consult Based on the results of the consultations, the Chairman of the Federation Council will immediately send the adopted resolution to the President. /strong>

Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman of the Kremlin, in a press conference last night, in response to a question about the possible appointment of Belusov as the head of the Ministry of Defense, reminded: Yes, the Minister of Defense A new civilian was chosen and the issue of having a military rank is not of primary importance here. Be more open to technical innovations and the introduction of advanced ideas.”

The press secretary of the President added: the budget of the Ministry of Defense and the country’s security sector was about 3 percent until recently and recently has reached 6.7%.

Pskov emphasized that the Russian military establishment is always led by the Chief of the General Staff of the Army and Valery Gerasimov (Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces) will continue and in this context, no changes are considered at the moment.

In addition to this, the Kremlin spokesman reminded Sergei Shoigu, the current Minister of Defense of Russia. who has been the head of this ministry since 2012, has been appointed to the position of the new secretary of the Russian Security Council by the decree of the president. General Shoigu has been the head of the Ministry of Defense since 2012 and during his more than 10 years of leadership, he significantly reorganized the Russian military.

Pskov added: Nikolai Patrushev, who previously held the position of Secretary of the Security Council, has been transferred to another position and his appointment will be announced in the coming days.

According to experts, the minister The new Russian defense must ensure the optimization of the production process in the military industrial complex and will probably start to establish more order in the administrative apparatus of the Ministry of Defense.