[Regnum] Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov will continue to hold his post, press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov told reporters on May 12.
According to him, no changes are envisaged in relation to Gerasimov.
As reported by IA Regnum, on May 12, the Federation Council reported that President Vladimir Putin proposed appointing Andrei Belousov, who previously served as First Deputy Prime Minister, as the new Minister of Defense of Russia.
Shoigu will become Secretary of the Security Council; the new position of former Secretary Nikolai Patrushev will be announced later, Peskov said.
Shoigu, as Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, will be President Vladimir Putin’s deputy in the commission on the military-industrial complex, Peskov also noted. He will oversee the work of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation and will continue to work in an area that he knows well, the press secretary of the head of state emphasized.
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Putin dismissed Patrushev from the post of Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation
Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev has been relieved of his post since May 12. The corresponding decree was signed by President Vladimir Putin.
“To release Patrushev Nikolai Platonovich from the post of Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation in connection with his transfer to another job,” the Kremlin press service clarified the text of the decree.
The decree came into force from the date of its signing.
Nikolai Patrushev has served as Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation since May 12, 2008. Before that, he headed the FSB of Russia, was deputy head of the Russian Presidential Administration - head of the Main Control Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation. Patrushev has been working in the state security agencies since 1974.
As Regnum reported, also on May 12 it became known about the dismissal of Sergei Shoigu from the post of Minister of Defense. By decree of Vladimir Putin, he was appointed secretary of the Russian Security Council. In his new post, Shoigu will simultaneously be deputy to the presidential commission on the military-industrial complex, since “he is deeply immersed in this work,” noted the Russian leader’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov.
The government resigned before President Vladimir Putin took office on May 7. Putin thanked the ministers for their work and instructed the outgoing government to work until a new cabinet of ministers is formed.
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The candidacy of Andrei Belousov for the post of Minister of Defense proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin is “bad news” for Ukraine. This was stated by Ukrainian economist Alexey Kushch.
Commenting on Belousov’s proposed appointment, the expert was concerned that “everything is leading to a sharp increase in the dynamics of the Russian military-industrial complex and an increase in military production in Russia.”
“This is very bad news for us, since our ministerial positions are the antipodes of Belousov’s policies with the agenda of vulgar liberalism during the war,” Kushch wrote on social networks, calling on “everyone to evaluate the results independently.”
As Regnum reported, President Vladimir Putin proposed appointing Andrei Belousov as Minister of Defense.
From 2012 to the present, the Ministry of Defense is headed by Sergei Shoigu.
The appointment of Andrei Belousov to the post of Minister of Defense will bring “only benefits” to the Russian Armed Forces. This opinion was voiced by the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andrei Kartapolov.
On May 12, Vladimir Putin proposed that the Federation Council reappoint the heads of several security and other ministries.