05-12-2024, 12:22 PM
Interesting shakeup in the Kremlin. Longtime Putin crony and Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu, in the post since 2012, replaced by Andrei Belousov, an economist and former deputy prime minister. Shoigu apparently being moved to secretary of the security council, where he replaces Nikolai Patrushev, a former FSB director thought to be very close with Putin as well. Patrushev doesn't seem to have a spot in this game of musical chairs thus far.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/put...024-05-12/
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/put...024-05-12/
