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| Minister of Economic Defense. Why did Putin change Shoigu to Belousov? |
| 2024-05-15 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Petr Akopov [REGNUM] The appointment of Andrei Belousov as Minister of Defense was one of Vladimir Putin’s most unexpected personnel decisions in a quarter of a century. However, it is not illogical - and it is certainly not atypical for the president. From the very beginning, the army was one of Putin’s main priorities - it is no coincidence that almost immediately, in 2001, Sergei Ivanov, the president’s closest ally and friend, was appointed to the Ministry of Defense. It was under him that the army reform began, which they developed together with Putin and the General Staff. But the qualities of a professional intelligence officer and analyst were not enough to restore order in the extremely neglected military economy - and it was also necessary to rebuild both the Ministry of Defense itself and the army as such. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #4 Blinken is out of his element. Admonishing Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Playing his guitar in Kyiv with power outages like Nero fiddling as Rome burns. |
| Posted by: Dale 2024-05-15 16:08 |
| #3 Massive delegation is being sent to China. Counterparts being introduced. This is huge. Putin's new team with all his major players meet and greet. Belousov, Shoigu indicates long range plans and all the west offers is more sanctions. They attack India with sanctions. Counterparts meet and plan coordination for future interactions that will be quite extensive. |
| Posted by: Dale 2024-05-15 15:57 |
| #2 But Dale assures me that the two week Special Operation is proceeding as planned. He talks to people. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-05-15 08:53 |
| #1 It's like baseball. If the team doesn't win, you can't fire the team, so you fire the manager. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2024-05-15 08:44 |