Putin reappoints his prime minister, a technocrat who has kept a low political profile
8 months ago

Putin reappoints his prime minister, a technocrat who has kept a low political profile

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin reappointed Mikhail Mishustin as the country’s prime minister on Friday, a widely anticipated move to keep on a technocrat who has maintained a low political profile. In line with Russian law, Mishustin, 58, who held the job for the past four years, submitted his Cabinet’s resignation on Tuesday when Putin began his fifth presidential term at a glittering Kremlin inauguration. Most Cabinet members are expected to keep their jobs, but it was not clear if Shoigu, the defense minister, would be among them after last month’s arrest of his top associate, Timur Ivanov. After Prigozhin’s death in a suspicious plane crash two months after the rebellion — widely seen as the Kremlin’s revenge — Shoigu appeared to shore up his position.

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What Putin’s rejig in Kremlin mean for relations with Delhi
7 months, 3 weeks ago

What Putin’s rejig in Kremlin mean for relations with Delhi

Hindustan Times  

Within days of assuming the office of President of the Russian Federation for the fifth time, Vladimir Putin has made sweeping changes in the elite power structure of the Kremlin. After all, Shoigu had been at Putin’s side since 2012 as defence minister, including during the critical takeover of Crimea in 2014, and the military intervention in Syria in 2015. …

Putin signs decree naming new Russian government, including replacement of Defence Minister
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Putin signs decree naming new Russian government, including replacement of Defence Minister

The Hindu  

Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 14 signed a decree appointing a new government, including replacement of the Defence Minister with a former Deputy Prime Minister who is an economics expert with no military background. Mr. Putin reappointed Mikhail Mishustin as Prime Minister three days later, which was quickly approved by the lower house of parliament. Mr. Putin also nominated …

Who’s in and who’s out as paranoid Putin swings the axe on his own Kremlin team
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Who’s in and who’s out as paranoid Putin swings the axe on his own Kremlin team

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, …

Putin’s surprise decision to replace his defence minister raises as many questions as it answers
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Putin’s surprise decision to replace his defence minister raises as many questions as it answers

The Independent  

From beyond the grave, Yevgeny Prigozhin has had one of the main aims of his attempted coup fulfilled. Russia’s defence minister Sergei Shoigu, one of the Wagner chief’s hate figures, has been removed from his post. The bitter complaint from Prigozhin and his ally at the time, the Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, was that Shoigu and his bureaucrats were among …

‘The goal is not peace’: What’s behind Putin’s wartime Russia reshuffle?
7 months, 4 weeks ago

‘The goal is not peace’: What’s behind Putin’s wartime Russia reshuffle?

Al Jazeera  

In a major reshuffle of his cabinet, President Vladimir Putin is set to relieve Sergei Shoigu, Russia’s defence minister of 12 years, of his post and appoint him as secretary of the Security Council, a position previously held by Nikolai Patrushev since 2008. “As Putin digs in for the long term, with the ‘special military operation’ now being the central …

Putin replaces Sergei Shoigu as Defence Minister in surprise move, appoints civilian economist in his place
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Putin replaces Sergei Shoigu as Defence Minister in surprise move, appoints civilian economist in his place

India TV News  

Moscow: Days after his glittering inauguration, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise move by replacing his long-term ally and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu with a civilian economist as he began his fifth term, ostensibly to prepare Russia for economic war by trying to better utilise the defence budget and win the two-year-long war in Ukraine. Shoigu's new role as …

Vladimir Putin to move Russian defence chief Sergei Shoigu in surprise reshuffle
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Vladimir Putin to move Russian defence chief Sergei Shoigu in surprise reshuffle

ABC  

In short: Andrei Belousov, a former deputy prime minister who specialises in economics, has been proposed as the new defence minister. Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a surprise new defence minister, nominating civilian Andrei Belousov, a former deputy prime minister who specialises in economics, for the job more than two years into the Ukraine war. Mr Putin wants Sergei …

Vladimir Putin replaces Sergei Shoigu as defence minister in surprise move
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Vladimir Putin replaces Sergei Shoigu as defence minister in surprise move

India Today  

Russian President Vladimir Putin tapped a civilian economist as his surprise new defence minister on Sunday in an attempt to gird Russia for economic war by trying to better utilise the defence budget and harness greater innovation to win in Ukraine. Putin wants Shoigu, in charge of defence since 2012 and a long-standing friend and ally, to become the secretary …

Russia's Sergei Shoigu: Political survivor blamed for Ukraine setbacks
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Russia's Sergei Shoigu: Political survivor blamed for Ukraine setbacks

India Today  

Sergei Shoigu, who is being replaced as Russia's defence minister, spearheaded Moscow's offensive in Ukraine and has been the country's longest-serving minister, as well as being one of Vladimir Putin's few close friends. Prigozhin, who later led a short-lived mutiny and died in a mysterious plane accident, accused Shoigu in particular of being a "dirtbag" and "elderly clown" in furious …

Putin removes Sergei Shoigu as defence minister, replaces him with Andrei Belousov
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Putin removes Sergei Shoigu as defence minister, replaces him with Andrei Belousov

Hindustan Times  

Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a surprise new defence minister, nominating civilian Andrei Belousov, a former deputy prime minister who specialises in economics, for the job more than two years into the Ukraine war, the Kremlin said. Russia's President Vladimir Putin Putin wants Sergei Shoigu, defence minister since 2012 and a long-standing ally, to become the secretary of Russia's …

Putin replaces Shoigu as Russia’s defense minister as he starts his 5th term
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Putin replaces Shoigu as Russia’s defense minister as he starts his 5th term

Associated Press  

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday replaced Sergei Shoigu as defense minister in a Cabinet shakeup that comes as he begins his fifth term in office. In line with Russian law, the entire Russian Cabinet resigned Tuesday following Putin’s glittering inauguration in the Kremlin, and most members have been widely expected to keep their jobs, while Shoigu’s fate had appeared …

Russia’s Putin to remove Sergei Shoigu as defence minister
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Russia’s Putin to remove Sergei Shoigu as defence minister

Al Jazeera  

President proposes Andrey Belousov as defence minister with Sergei Shoigu to become secretary of Security Council. Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to remove Sergei Shoigu as defence minister as part of a cabinet reshuffle, making him secretary of the Security Council instead. Andrei Belousov, a former deputy prime minister who specialises in economics, will become the new defence minister, the …

Putin in Cabinet shakeup moves to replace defense minister
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Putin in Cabinet shakeup moves to replace defense minister

LA Times  

Russian President Vladimir Putin began a Cabinet shakeup on Sunday, proposing the replacement of Sergei Shoigu as defense minister as he begins his fifth term in office. In line with Russian law, the entire Cabinet resigned Tuesday after Putin’s glittering inauguration in the Kremlin, and most members have been widely expected to keep their jobs, while Shoigu’s fate appeared uncertain. …

Putin sacks Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Putin sacks Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu

The Telegraph  

Vladimir Putin has fired his defence minister as Russian troops seize villages in a surprise border raid that raised fears of an attack on the second city of Kharkiv. Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, said that Sergei Shoigu had been moved from the post he has held since 2012 and would instead become the secretary of Russia’s security council. Grant …

Putin reappoints his prime minister, a technocrat who has kept a low political profile
8 months ago

Putin reappoints his prime minister, a technocrat who has kept a low political profile

Deccan Chronicle  

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin reappointed Mikhail Mishustin as the country's prime minister on Friday, a widely anticipated move to keep on a technocrat who has maintained a low political profile. In line with Russian law, Mishustin, 58, who held the job for the past four years, submitted his Cabinet's resignation on Tuesday when Putin began his fifth presidential term …

Vladimir Putin eyes new world order and plans to challenge Western dominance having further tightened his grip on power in Russia with record election win... after banning and killing any real opposit
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Vladimir Putin eyes new world order and plans to challenge Western dominance having further tightened his grip on power in Russia with record election win... after banning and killing any real opposit

Daily Mail  

Vladimir Putin declared an unsurprising victory tonight calling for a 'stronger and more effective Russia' as he continues to eye up a new world order and unleash plans to challenge Western dominance. Vladimir Putin is on course for his fifth term in office tonight as polls in Russia and its embassies across the world close An effigy of Russian President …

Putin will seek another term as Russian president, aiming to extend his rule of over two decades
1 year, 1 month ago

Putin will seek another term as Russian president, aiming to extend his rule of over two decades

Associated Press  

Vladimir Putin on Friday moved to prolong his repressive and unyielding grip on Russia for at least another six years, announcing his candidacy in the presidential election next March that he is all but certain to win. Putin, who was first elected president in March 2000, announced his decision to run in the March 17 presidential election after a Kremlin …

Putin is expected to seek reelection in Russia, but who would run if he doesn’t?
1 year, 2 months ago

Putin is expected to seek reelection in Russia, but who would run if he doesn’t?

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Vladimir Putin isn’t quite the man he used to be — more than a decade has passed since the Russian president engaged in public stunts to boast of his vigor by hugging a polar bear or riding a horse barechested in the mountains. FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, stands next to Tula Region Governor Alexei …

Putin is expected to seek reelection in Russia, but who would run if he doesn't?
1 year, 2 months ago

Putin is expected to seek reelection in Russia, but who would run if he doesn't?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In Putin's absence, the loyalist United Russia party could …

Putin’s inner circle | All The President’s Men
1 year, 6 months ago

Putin’s inner circle | All The President’s Men

The Hindu  

All of them were born during the heydays of the Cold War. He rebuilt the FSB as a modern, effective security agency in Mr. Putin’s Russia, which cemented his standing in the Security Council, which itself became a powerful institution under his leadership. In a televised Security Council meeting, just three days before the February 24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine, …

Putin has made himself a 'laughing stock', says Russia's former vice-president
1 year, 11 months ago

Putin has made himself a 'laughing stock', says Russia's former vice-president

Daily Mail  

Vladimir Putin has made himself a 'laughing stock' after he surrounded himself with 'absolutely incompetent' military chiefs ahead of the war in Ukraine, Russia's former vice-president has said in a scathing attack on the Russian President. Alexander Rutskoy, a former Soviet general, accused Putin of 'senselessly' killing tens of thousands of Russian soliders who have been used as cannon fodder …

Vladimir Putin's ambitious defence chief Sergei Shoigu was once the 'heir apparent'. Ukraine's war could bring him down
2 years, 2 months ago

Vladimir Putin's ambitious defence chief Sergei Shoigu was once the 'heir apparent'. Ukraine's war could bring him down

ABC  

When Vladimir Putin ascended to the Russian presidency in 2000, he immediately set about assembling a core of loyalists. "Sergei Shoigu likes to tell how his childhood dream was to be a truck driver: someone completely free and dependent only on himself," Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar wrote in All The Kremlin's Men. How the Kremlin's outsider used a puppy and …

Russia post-Putin: What happens if the president suddenly dies?
2 years, 3 months ago

Russia post-Putin: What happens if the president suddenly dies?

Al Jazeera  

PM Mishustin would become acting president and elections would be held, but experts say the substance of a post-Putin Russia is tough to predict. “If someone for example starts writing Medvedev is the successor, it might be seen as a political attack on Medvedev, because no one wants to appear as a successor, because it makes your position more vulnerable.” …

Russia to opt out of International Space Station after 2024
2 years, 5 months ago

Russia to opt out of International Space Station after 2024

The Hindu  

Russia has decided to quit the International Space Station "after 2024", the newly-appointed chief of Moscow's space agency told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. "Of course, we will fulfil all our obligations to our partners, but the decision to leave this station after 2024 has been made," Yury Borisov, who was appointed Roscosmos chief in mid-July, told Mr. Putin. "I …

Putin reshuffles top officials, names new space agency head
2 years, 5 months ago

Putin reshuffles top officials, names new space agency head

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday reshuffled his top officials, naming a new head of the state space corporation and giving new broad powers to one of his top ministers. Putin removed Dmitry Rogozin as the head of state-controlled Roscosmos space agency that oversees the country’s space program and includes rocket factories, launch facilities and numerous other assets. …

Vladimir Putin reshuffles top officials
2 years, 5 months ago

Vladimir Putin reshuffles top officials

The Hindu  

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday reshuffled his top officials, naming a new head of the state space corporation and giving new broad powers to one of his top ministers. Mr. Putin removed Dmitry Rogozin as the head of state-controlled Roscosmos space agency that oversees the country's space program and includes rocket factories, launch facilities and numerous other assets. The …

Sergey Shoygu | The commander of Putin’s wars
2 years, 10 months ago

Sergey Shoygu | The commander of Putin’s wars

The Hindu  

In the autumn of 1993, two years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, music legend Michael Jackson, who was until then termed fascist, castigated as a black artist who sold his soul for profit in a world of white capitalism, and banned in the erstwhile USSR, was in Moscow for the first time for a concert. Mr. Shoigu’s Russian …

Is Russia’s defence chief emerging as Putin’s possible successor?
3 years, 3 months ago

Is Russia’s defence chief emerging as Putin’s possible successor?

Al Jazeera  

Putin is still pondering the idea of another term, but as he approaches 70, bets are being placed on Sergey Shoigu. Even though Vladimir Putin was first elected Russia’s president in 2000, he is currently serving his “zero” term – according to the law that “nullified” his three previous presidencies and the current one. The legislation, which lets him run …

Vladimir Putin hints
4 years, 6 months ago

Vladimir Putin hints

CNN  

CNN — Russian President Vladimir Putin has hinted strongly in a new interview that he will run again for president, if a series of constitutional amendments allowing him to do so are approved in a July 1 referendum. Under Russia’s current law, Putin would be required to step down as president in 2024, when his term in office comes to …

Does Putin intend to rule for life — or does he have other plans?
4 years, 11 months ago

Does Putin intend to rule for life — or does he have other plans?

LA Times  

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. The Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, passed the constitutional changes unanimously in the first reading last week, eight days after Putin suggested the idea in his annual address. “We have not been a parliamentary democracy, …

Russia’s Cabinet Resigns & It’s All Part of Vladimir Putin’s Plan
4 years, 11 months ago

Russia’s Cabinet Resigns & It’s All Part of Vladimir Putin’s Plan

The Quint  

On 15 January, Putin gave his annual state of the nation address and unveiled ‘serious changes to the political system.’ In response to the proposed constitutional amendments, which Putin is promoting as ‘reforms,’ Prime Minister Medvedev and his government resigned. This move should not be seen as protest, although it might be useful for Medvedev, a longtime ally of Putin’s, …

Russia gets new PM: Career bureaucrat, longtime chief of tax service, Mikhail Mishustin never had political ambitions
4 years, 11 months ago

Russia gets new PM: Career bureaucrat, longtime chief of tax service, Mikhail Mishustin never had political ambitions

Firstpost  

Mikhail Mishustin never had any political ambitions as a career bureaucrat and his name didn’t came up as a top candidate to become Russia’s next prime minister. Moscow: Mikhail Mishustin never had any political ambitions as a career bureaucrat and his name didn’t came up as a top candidate to become Russia’s next prime minister. But the 53-year-old Mishustin, the …

Russian Duma approves Mikhail Mishustin as new PM; Vladimir Putin set to retain power beyond end of term in 2024
4 years, 11 months ago

Russian Duma approves Mikhail Mishustin as new PM; Vladimir Putin set to retain power beyond end of term in 2024

Firstpost  

Russian lawmakers on Thursday quickly approved the appointment of a new prime minister, a day after President Vladimir Putin kicked off an unexpected reshuffle of his inner circle that could keep him in power well past the end of his term in 2024. Moscow: Russian lawmakers on Thursday quickly approved the appointment of a new prime minister, a day after …

Vladimir Putin's power shakeup: Six key takeaways from the Russian president's call for constitutional changes
4 years, 11 months ago

Vladimir Putin's power shakeup: Six key takeaways from the Russian president's call for constitutional changes

Firstpost  

In his annual state-of-the-nation speech on Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin of Russia shook up the country and its political class by calling for constitutional changes that would give him a new path to holding onto power after his current — and, in theory, last — term ends in 2024 In his annual state-of-the-nation speech on Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin of …

Putin’s party backs president’s pick for prime minister
4 years, 11 months ago

Putin’s party backs president’s pick for prime minister

Al Jazeera  

Mikhail Mishustin, a former tax official, set to be next prime minister of Russia. Mikhail Mishustin, a former tax official little known both outside and even within Russian political circles, is set to be the nation’s new prime minister, having on Thursday morning received the backing of the governing party. Wednesday’s shock resignation of Russia’s entire government followed Putin’s calls …

Live updates: Russian government resigns in Putin power shakeup
4 years, 11 months ago

Live updates: Russian government resigns in Putin power shakeup

CNN  

Putin addresses the State Council in Moscow on Wednesday. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool/AP Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed several constitutional amendments Wednesday that could signal a power shift in the country. “I propose… entrusting the State Duma with the power to approve the candidacy of the prime minister, and then, per the prime minister’s proposal, all deputy prime ministers and federal ministers,” …

Why Vladimir Putin is shaking up Russia (opinion)
4 years, 11 months ago

Why Vladimir Putin is shaking up Russia (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Daniel Treisman is a professor of political science at the University of California, Los Angeles. Facing a hard term limit in 2024 and falling approval ratings as the economy stagnates, Russia’s president has taken an unexpected gamble to increase his options by reshaping the political system. Astonishing observers, Putin proposed on Wednesday the most dramatic changes to Russia’s …

Russia government resigns as Putin proposes reforms that could extend his grip on power
4 years, 11 months ago

Russia government resigns as Putin proposes reforms that could extend his grip on power

CNN  

Moscow, Russia CNN — The entire Russian government is resigning, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced Wednesday, after Vladimir Putin proposed sweeping reforms that could extend his decades-long grip on power beyond the end of his presidency. The lower house of Russian parliament will discuss and vote on the country’s next prime minister on January 16, State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin …

Putin is sending a message to the world with his shock announcement
4 years, 11 months ago

Putin is sending a message to the world with his shock announcement

CNN  

CNN — When Russia’s entire government resigned on Wednesday, even long-term Kremlin observers were taken by surprise. However, as the exact details of this mass resignation – led by current prime minister and former president Dmitry Medvedev – unfurled, it was clear that this was no protest at Putin’s proposed reforms. “There are rumors that Putin could lead the new …

Putin weighs future options as he marks 20 years in power
5 years ago

Putin weighs future options as he marks 20 years in power

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — As Russian President Vladimir Putin marks two decades in power, he boasts about his achievements but remains coy about his political future — a reticence that fuels wild speculation about his intentions. “Putin stopped the normal development of Russia as a normal market economy and a normal political democracy” and turned the country into a “global spoiler,” said …

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