After Russian President Vladimir Putin began his new term, the new layout of the government has become the focus of attention from the outside world. Putin signed a presidential decree appointing former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu as secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. According to the news released by the Russian Federation Council on the evening of the 12th, Putin submitted to him on the same day a list of nominations for the heads of relevant departments of the new federal government, and Belousov, who previously served as the first deputy prime minister, was nominated as the Russian defense minister. For the new layout, Reuters analysis believes that judging from the latest personnel layout, Putin is preparing for the long-term Russia-Ukraine war.
The Kremlin announced on the 12th that Putin signed a presidential decree appointing former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to replace the current Patrushev as secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation and be in charge of the military-industrial complex. At the same time, the palace said that Patrushev would be reassigned to another post, but did not say anything about it.
On the same day, Putin also nominated Belousov, who previously served as first deputy prime minister, as Russia's defense minister, Lavrov to remain as foreign minister, and Gerasimov to remain as chief of the general staff of the Russian armed forces.
In addition, there have been no changes to the Ministers of the Interior, the Ministers of Justice, the Directors of Foreign Intelligence, the Heads of Emergency Situations and the heads of the Federal Security Services.
As for the reason for nominating him as defense minister, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that it is very important to include the economy of the powerful sector in the country's economy in order to adapt it to the current development.
According to Russian media reports, the Russian Federation Council needs to review the relevant nominations within a week and report the results of the deliberations to Putin. If there is no objection, Putin will sign a presidential decree to appoint the relevant personnel.
Putin was sworn in on the 7th to begin his fifth presidential term. On the 10th, he reappointed Mishustin as prime minister of the new government.
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The building in Belgorod was attacked and collapsed, and Ukraine fired rockets again
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the Ukrainian side launched another attack on the city of Belgorod on the evening of the 12th, trying to hit residential areas with rockets, and the air defense system intercepted and destroyed 14 rockets. At least 13 people were killed and more than 30 injured when a residential building collapsed after an attack. The market and shopping center in the attacked community were temporarily closed on the 13th. In the aftermath, the Belgorod region issued an air raid siren again to warn people not to go out.
The Russian side said that Ukraine used NATO weapons to attack the city of Belgorod, demanded that the OSCE leadership strongly condemn the attack, and said that the OSCE should not have double standards in relation to the military crimes of the Kyiv regime.
As for Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine, which borders Belgorod, residents in Vovchansk have accelerated their evacuation as the Russian army intensifies its offensive and continues to advance. Ukrainian police assisted them in their evacuation.
The police said that as of the afternoon of the 12th, Russian troops had arrived at the periphery of Vovchansk, gradually approaching from three directions, and Russian tanks were also seen driving towards Vovchansk.
The Russian army has stormed Kharkiv in the past few days, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a speech on the evening of the 12th, acknowledging that the fighting is fierce in most areas of the Kharkiv border. At the same time, a number of regions of nearby Donetsk were also heavily attacked.
Source: Phoenix Satellite TV Information Channel
Editor: Mu Mu