Putin reassigns defense minister Shoigu in shakeup of Kremlin security team [View all]
Russian leader Vladimir Putin has removed Sergei Shoigu from his longtime position as defense minister and appointed him to lead the country’s security and defense council, a consultative body that advises the president — a major government shake-up of the Kremlin’s security team, the Kremlin said Sunday.
Putin has nominated former vice prime minister Andrei Belousov as defense minister, according to a statement posted by the Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, on its official Telegram channel.
The shake-up comes days after Putin’s inauguration for a fifth term, and as Russian forces have launched major new attacks in northeast Ukraine.
In recent weeks, Russian officials opened a major criminal case into one of Shoigu’s deputies, Timur Ivanov, who is accused of taking a major bribe.
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No bribes unless I get my cut - Vlad Pooty Poot.
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