Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed changing his defence minister and moving him to replace the powerful secretary of the Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, in a significant change to the Kremlin's pecking order.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak attends a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Moscow, Russia December 7, 2023. Sputnik/Pavel Bednyakov/Kremlin via Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed changing his defence minister and moving him to replace the powerful secretary of the Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, in a significant change to the Kremlin's pecking order.
Following is the list of changes:
* Prime Minister - Mikhail Mishustin
* Secretary of the Security Council - Sergei Shoigu (formerly Nikolai Patrushev)
* The Kremlin said Nikolai Patrushev will have a different job but did not say which.
"Nikolai Platonovich Patrushev has been relieved of his post as Secretary of the Security Council in connection with the transfer to another job - he continues to work, and within the next few days we will inform you where Nikolai Platonovich will continue his activities," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
* Defence Minister - Andrei Belousov (formerly Sergei Shoigu)
"The Ministry of Defense should be absolutely open to innovation, to the introduction of all advanced ideas," Peskov said. "Therefore, the president chose Belousov's candidacy."
* Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov - to remain in his job, the Kremlin said.
* FSB Director - Alexander Bortnikov
* SVR Director - Sergei Naryshkin
* Chief of Russia's national guard - Viktor Zolotov
* Federal Guards Service (FCO) - Dmitry Kochnev
* Foreign Minister - Sergei Lavrov
* Interior Minister - Vladimir Kolokoltsev
* First Deputy PM - Denis Manturov
* Deputy PM overseeing energy and the economy - Alexander Novak
* Deputy PM overseeing agriculture and ecology - Dmitry Patrushev
* Deputy PM overseeing transport - Vitaly Savelyev
* Agriculture Minister - Oksana Lut (was Dmitry Patrushev)
* Finance Minister - Anton Siluanov
* Economy Minister - Maxim Reshetnikov
* Energy Minister - Sergei Tsivilev (was Nikolai Shulginov)
* Trade and Industry Minister - Anton Alikhanov (was Denis Manturov)
Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge
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