Analysts argue that appointing a civilian economist as defense minister suggests Putin aims to take a closer personal role in war tactics. Meanwhile the UK's Defence ... Study of War said Saturday ...
Vladimir Putin tonight fired his longtime friend Sergei Shoigu, 68, (pictured together) as defence minister. Shoigu is to be ...
Vladimir Putin has raised eyebrows after suddenly firing his longtime friend, Sergei Shoigu, as defence minister ... out into the cold as he’s set to be put in charge of the Russian security ...
MOSCOW, May 12 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin tapped a civilian economist as his surprise new defence minister ...
The move appears to be an astonishing snub to Shoigu, the man he put in charge of his war, a close ally, and Russia’s longest serving minister. Britain's Defence ... Putin aims to take a closer ...
VLADIMIR Putin has ... re-shuffle as he begins his new six-year term as Russia's president. The change comes weeks after Timur Ivanov, a Russian deputy defence minister in charge of military ...
Vladimir Putin ... he said: “Sergei Shoigu has overseen over 355k casualties amongst his own soldiers & mass civilian suffering with an illegal campaign in Ukraine. Russia needs a Defence ...
as defence minister. Putin wants Shoigu, in charge of defence since 2012 and a long-standing friend and ally, to become the secretary of Russia's powerful Security Council, replacing incumbent ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a new defence minister, nominating civilian Andrei Belousov, a former deputy prime minister who specialises in economics, for the job ...