Category: 2024-05-13
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Putin Plans to Replace Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu

Local sources from Russia: BBC News Русская служба, vtomske.ru. UK coverage: The Independent. Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed Andrei Belousov, a former deputy prime minister with expertise in economics, as the new defense minister, replacing Sergei Shoigu. Shoigu will be appointed as the secretary of Russia’s powerful Security Council,…