Putin replaced his longtime defense minister Sergei Shoigu with an economist Andrey Belousov.
AdvertisementRussian leader Vladimir Putin is replacing his longtime defense minister Sergei Shoigu, 68, with an economist.
On Sunday, Putin named former deputy prime minister and economic development minister Andrey Belousov, 65, as his new defense chief.
Shoigu, who served as defense minister since 2012, now runs Russia's Security Council instead, taking over from Putin ally Nikolai Patrushev.
Representatives for Russia's defense ministry didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from BI sent outside regular business hours.
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