Russian defence minister and long-time Putin ally Sergei Shoigu to be replaced

The Kremlin’s Game of Thrones: Why did Putin Sack Shoigu?

Putin may replace his long-standing Defence Minister but cannot tackle the real cause of his disastrous foreign policy – himself

Putin replaces defense minister Shoigu in major shakeup

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposes a civilian economist to replace Sergei Shoigu as defense minister as the country is trying to better utilize defense spending and harness greater innovation to win the war in Ukraine.

Putin removes Sergei Shoigu from Russian defense ministry

Russian President Vladimir Putin has removed his long-standing ally Sergei Shoigu as defense minister, the Kremlin has announced.

What the Shoigu reshuffle means for Putin’s war machine

There was an expectation that the appointment of Vladimir Putin’s new government would see some change in the Russian security apparatus, but few predicted that Russia’s defence minister Sergei Shoigu would be replaced by an economist, Andrey Belousov, with Shoigu becoming secretary of the Security Council. With an economist taking over the defence ministry, and the

The President of Russia, proposed by Vladimir Putin for the post of Russian Minister of Defense, needs Andrey Belousov to strictly control increased military spending. The Washington Post (WP) explained the change of the Minister of Defense. “This choice signaled Putin's desire to get a head of the Ministry of Defense who would establish tight control over the huge increase in military spending,” the newspaper says. Earlier, Time magazine found …

On Sunday 12 May, the Russian president dismissed his powerful minister who had been in office since 2012, appointing a civilian, Andreï Belousov, in his place in order to “open the army to innovation”.