Russian leader Vladimir Putin removed Sergei Shoigu from his longtime post as defense minister and appointed him to head the country’s Security and Defense Council, an advisory body that advises the president – a reshuffle major member of the Kremlin security team, the Kremlin said. Sunday.
Putin appointed former Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov as defense minister, according to a statement released by the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament, on its official Telegram channel.
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