According to CCTV news client, citing multiple sources, after Russian President Vladimir Putin began his fifth presidential term, he intensively appointed and nominated a number of important positions, including appointing Shoigu as secretary of the Russian Security Council and nominating Belousov as defense minister.
According to a news release on the Russian presidential website on May 12 local time, Putin signed a presidential decree appointing former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu as secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
On the same day, Putin also signed a presidential decree removing Nikolai Patrushev from the post of secretary of the Security Council and appointing him to another position.
According to reports, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that after Shoigu was appointed secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, he will continue to work in areas familiar with him.
He noted that Shoigu will be responsible for managing the relevant affairs of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation of Russia, and at the same time he will also serve as deputy chairman of the Russian Military Industrial Commission.
Peskov also said that it is very important to include the economy of a strong sector in the national economy in order to adapt it to current developments.
Shoigu Data map Source: Visual China
According to the news released by the Russian Federation Council (upper house of parliament) on the evening of the 12th, Putin nominated Andrei Belousov, who previously served as the first deputy prime minister, as the Russian defense minister, and nominated Sergei Lavrov to remain as foreign minister, Sergei Naryshkin to remain as head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, Alexander Kulenkov to remain as minister of emergency situations, Vladimir Kolokoltsev to remain as Minister of Internal Affairs, Konstantin Trichenko to remain as minister of justice, Alexander Bortnikov to remain as head of the Federal Security Service, and Viktor Konthony as the head of the Federal Security Service. Zolotov remained as commander-in-chief of the National Guard. In addition, Valery Gerasimov remained in the post of Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.
Andrei Belousov Data map Source: Visual China
Andrei Belousov was born in Moscow in 1959 with a doctorate in economics, Sputnik reported. He worked for many years in the Russian economic sector, becoming Director of the Department of Finance and Economy of the Russian Government in 2008, Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation in 2012, Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs in 2013, and First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia in January 2020.
According to TASS, the Russian Federation Council needs to consider the nominations within a week and report back to Putin on the results. If there is no objection, Putin will sign a presidential decree to appoint the relevant personnel.
Putin was sworn in in the Kremlin on the 7th to begin his fifth presidential term. He officially appointed Mishustin as prime minister of the new government on the 10th.
Putin signed an order on the 11th approving the new government structure plan submitted by Mishustin. According to the law, Mishustin will then submit to the Russian State Duma (the lower house of parliament) a proposal for the selection of ministers for the new government, which will be appointed by the Russian president after approval by the State Duma, and the heads of the Ministry of Defense, the Federal Security Service, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be appointed by the president after consultation with the Federation Council.