The day after Shoigu left office, another top brass of the Russian army fell. Russian law enforcement agencies told the media that the head of the Main Directorate of Personnel of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Yuri Kuznetsov, is currently in custody as a criminal suspect, and his workplace and home have been searched.
Before managing military personnel, Kuznetsov sat in the position of director of the 8th Bureau of the General Staff of the Russian Army for 13 years, responsible for handling matters related to the protection of state secrets by the Ministry of Defense, and the Russian Military Secret Service was subordinate to the 8th Bureau of the General Staff.
Before Kuznetsov's arrest, former Russian Deputy Defense Minister Ivanov was detained on suspicion of accepting bribes, involving an amount of 1 billion rubles. It is not difficult to see from this that there is indeed a big problem within the Russian army. Against the backdrop of rising military spending, Putin is deliberately carrying out a major purge of the army.
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On May 14, Putin signed a decree approving the list of members of the new government, and Belousov officially became the new Russian defense minister.
This time, Putin appointed the economics skilled Belousov as the new defense minister, and the Kat Palace explained that Russia is approaching the situation of the Soviet Union in the last century, when military and law enforcement authorities accounted for 7.4 percent of state spending, and it was important to ensure that defense spending was in the overall national interest.
It is certainly not a coincidence that Shoigu stepped down on the front foot, and Kuznetsov, who was in charge of personnel in charge of the Ministry of Defense, was detained on the back foot. As the so-called new officials take office with the support of Putin, the new Defense Minister Belousov is ready to start showing his strength and reshuffle the Ministry of Defense.
Belousov
As Russia's new defense minister, Belousov's words and deeds have attracted great attention from the outside world. He said that he has always adhered to the principle of "you can make mistakes but not lies", and will adhere to this principle in the future. He thanked Putin for his high level of trust and promised to do his best to complete the set tasks and be willing to give his life if necessary.
In addition, he also made a spicy comment on the international environment, praising China, India and other countries as one of the few sovereign countries at present, like Russia, while Europe has lost its sovereignty. Belousov said that in the next five to 10 years, Russia needs to ensure the sustainability of its strategy and further develop relations with friendly countries. A new bloc confrontation has emerged, and Russia needs to think about building an alliance system.
Regarding the goals of his tenure as defense minister, Belousov bluntly said that all Russian resources must be served to support the "special military operation" in Ukraine. At the same time, Russia's defense budget has grown to 6.7% of GDP, and it is necessary to ensure the broad integration of the military economy into the national economy, which requires the optimization of military spending.
In fact, Putin's appointment of Belousov for the purpose of better developing the wartime economy is largely public. Belousov, an economist by training, has a knack for dealing with oligarchs, and it was he who helped Putin nationalize Russia's carved up strategic industries, such as energy.
His transfer to the post of defense minister this time is to combat corruption in the army, and at the same time ensure the smooth supply of military supplies for the special military operation in Ukraine, and to maximize the implementation of the wartime economy to feed the whole of Russia.
Before his visit to China, Putin also stressed this point again, that is, to lead Russia to develop into the world's fourth largest economy, and he is full of confidence in the grand prospects of Sino-Russian economic relations. Next, it depends on whether Putin can fulfill his promise to the Russians, "give me 20 years, and give you a strong Russia".
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