Först greps Timur Ivanov, en av Rysslands många biträdande försvarsministrar, misstänkt för mutbrott. Denna händelse tycks ha accelererat beslutet om förändringar på högre nivå, enligt ...
Efter nära 12 år på posten som Rysslands försvarsminister petas Sergej Sjojgu. Hans ersättare, Andrej Belousov, är en ekonom som Putin hoppas ska komma till rätta med den omfattande ...
Andrei Belousov in 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin moved to replace defense minister Sergei Shoigu and proposed economist Belousov as his replacement. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images ...
Andrei Belousov—a respected economist and former deputy prime minister—will now lead the country's defense ministry and its prolonged campaign in Ukraine, with President Vladimir Putin having ...
Belousov gained a reputation as one of Putin's most trusted domestic advisers. He was appointed deputy prime minister in 2020, overseeing support for Russian businesses during the coronavirus ...
“Putin’s priority is war, and war of attrition is won by economics,” said Alexandra Prokopenko, a former Russian central bank official now at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin. In ...
Vladimir Putin is replacing his defence minister with a civilian economist in an attempt to better equip Russia for an economic war after the West tried, and so far largely failed, to cripple his ...
At first glance, Andrei Belousov does not appear to fit the mould of a Russian defence minister. Known for his spreadsheet wizardry and grasp of Keynesian economics, he is more at home with ...
Shoigu, who served as Russia’s minister of defense since 2012, was appointed to lead the Kremlin’s security council. The announcement came just days after Putin, 71, was officially sworn into ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's main task is to achieve victory on the battlefield in Ukraine with the minimal loss of troops, incoming defence minister Andrei Belousov said on Tuesday. Belousov, an ...
On Sunday, less than a week after his inauguration for the fifth six-year term, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, re-shuffled his entire cabinet, having launched a major offensive against ...
What to know about Belousov Belousov, 65, was born in Moscow, where he received a degree in economics and worked in academics for several years, BBC News reported .