May 12, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to remove Sergei Shoigu as defence minister as part of a cabinet reshuffle, making him secretary of the Security Council instead.

Andrei Belousov, a former deputy prime minister who specialises in economics, will become the new defence minister, the Kremlin said on Sunday.

The shake-up comes as Putin begins his fifth term in office. In line with Russian law, the entire cabinet resigned on Tuesday after Putin’s inauguration in the Kremlin.

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