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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin tapped a civilian economist as his surprise new defence minister on Sunday in an attempt to gird Russia for economic war by trying to better...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a surprise new defence minister, nominating civilian Andrei Belousov, a former deputy prime minister who specialises in...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has replaced his defense minister and close ally Sergei Shoigu with a civilian economist, a major reshuffle of military leadership more than two-years after...
According to economist Sergey Guriev, Russian economy after 2022 has practically split into two parallel ones: the military economy, that runs on orders placed by the government with the military industries and payments to soldiers, which has observed growth; and the civilian sector that heavily suffers from high inflation, price increases ...
Belousov, an economist, was a surprise pick, underscoring how Russia is shifting its economy on to a war footing as it launches a new offensive in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region. Shoigu, who served...
Putin's annual press conference returns and Draymond Green suspended: Morning Rundownaol.com
He led the Wagner Group private military company and was a close confidant of Russian president Vladimir Putin until launching a rebellion in June 2023. Prigozhin was sometimes referred to as "Putin's chef" because he owned restaurants and catering businesses that provided services to the Kremlin.
The appointment suggests that Putin wants not only to boost the military-industrial complex in a technological arms race against Ukraine and the West, but also to harness the wider economy...
In the early 2000s, significant political changes took place in Russia with Vladimir Putin's rise to power. Putin, who previously held key positions in the security forces and government, became the successor to President Boris Yeltsin . After serving as the head of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation and as Secretary of the ...
May 20, 2024 at 11:48 AM. MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Monday appointed former deputy economy minister Oleg Savelyev as a deputy defence minister, according to a published...
Observers of the Kremlin said Monday that the decision to remove him — and replace him with a civilian economist — could betray Putin’s frustration with how the war has gone and his ...