2024-05-13 00:19:08
The Minister of Defense must be approved by the Federation Council, the upper house of the parliament.
Putin has also suggested to the Federation Council that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Alexander Bortnikov, Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergey Naryshkin and several other officials nominated by the President remain in office.
It has already been reported that on Tuesday, Putin was inaugurated as the President of Russia for a new term, and then Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, who was re-nominated by Putin for the position of head of government, resigned.
Nikolay Patrushev, who was the secretary of the Security Council since 2008, but before that was the director of the FSB since 1999, was dismissed by Putin “in connection with a transfer to another job”. There is no mention of what his new position will be.
Shoigu was the Minister of Defense since 2012. Since the first half of the 90s, he was the minister of emergency situations, and in 2012 he was the governor of the Moscow region for half a year.
The 68-year-old Shoigu is considered to be close to Putin and has hunted and rested with the dictator. Shoigu is one of the founders of the ruling party “United Russia”. However, he is sharply criticized by pro-regime activists and bloggers for the failures of Russian troops in Ukraine.
The 65-year-old Belousov, who is an economist by education, was the first deputy prime minister since 2020. He was in charge of economic issues. In 2012-2013, he was the Minister of Economic Development, and from 2013 to 2020, he was an economic advisor to the President.
2024-05-13 00:19:08