Posted on 05/12/2024 6:36:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday replaced Sergei Shoigu as defense minister in a Cabinet shakeup that comes as he begins his fifth term in office.
In line with Russian law, the entire Russian Cabinet resigned Tuesday following Putin’s glittering inauguration in the Kremlin, and most members have been widely expected to keep their jobs, while Shoigu's fate had appeared uncertain.
Putin signed a decree on Sunday appointing Shoigu as secretary of Russia's Security Council, the Kremlin said. The appointment was announced shortly after Putin proposed Andrei Belousov to become the country’s defense minister in place of Shoigu.
The announcement of Shoigu’s new role came as 13 people were reported dead and 20 more wounded in Russia’s border city of Belgorod, where a section of a residential building collapsed after what Russian officials said was Ukrainian shelling.
Belousov's candidacy will need to be approved by Russia's upper house in parliament, the Federation Council. It reported Sunday that Putin introduced proposals for other Cabinet positions as well but Shoigu is the only minister on that list who is being replaced. Several other new candidates for federal ministers were proposed Saturday by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, reappointed by Putin on Friday.
Shoigu's deputy, Timur Ivanov, was arrested last month on bribery charges and was ordered to remain in custody pending an official investigation. The arrest of Ivanov was widely interpreted as an attack on Shoigu and a possible precursor of his dismissal, despite his close personal ties with Putin.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Sunday that Putin had decided to give the defense minister role to a civilian because the ministry should be “open to innovation and cutting-edge ideas.” He also said the increasing defense budget “must fit into the country’s wider economy,”
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http://government.ru/en/gov/persons/123/events/
Below is some background on Andrey Belousov, the proposed replacement for Shoigu, and his last two decades of government experience, though specific military decision-making or army experience on a strategic level appears to be absent, interestingly:
2000‒2006: General Director, Centre for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short-Term Forecasting.
2000‒2006: External adviser to the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.
2006‒2008: Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Deputy Minister of Economic Development.
2008‒2012: Director, Government Department of Economy and Finance.
2012‒2013: Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.
2013‒2020: Presidential Aide.
21 January 2020: First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, appointed by executive order of the President of Russia.
Who is Pooty-Poot’s War Minister?
RE: Who is Pooty-Poot’s War Minister?
Is there a difference between the job of Russia’s Defense Minister and War Minister?
THAT’s what I’m seeking to find......
I asked the AI Chatbot, Claude.ai this question:
Q: In Russia, is there a separate department from Defense called the War department?
ANSWER: No, there is no separate “War Department” in Russia distinct from their defense ministry and military forces. The Russian government has the following structure relating to defense and military affairs:
The Ministry of Defense is the government body that oversees the Russian Armed Forces, including the military’s operations, procurement, intelligence, logistics, etc. It is headed by the Defense Minister.
Within the Ministry of Defense are branches for the different military services - the Ground Forces, Aerospace Forces, Navy, etc.
The National Defense Management Center coordinates the Armed Forces during military operations and crises.
The Security Council is an advisory body to the President on national security affairs, defense policy, and the use of military force.
But there is no separate, distinct “War Department” as the Ministry of Defense fulfills the roles related to overseeing Russia’s military forces and their operational employment. The term “War Department” is an antiquated one that some countries like the United States used in the past before renaming it the Department of Defense.
I hope Sergei understands the gravity of the situation and stays away from second floor and above windows.
The Force in this AI is weak.
No reference to 1984.
LOL! It served well, RIP...
i’m stealing this :P
I hope Shoigu enjoys the sights as he travels from the 20th floor to the pavement.
Shoigu was once touted as a potential successor to Putin.
Now we’re back to the position that the Tsar has no succession plan. Once the Tsar is gone, then the country will fall to pieces with warlords fighting over what they want to gain
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