Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday sacked 4 deputy defence ministers and appointed a relative, Anna Tsivileva, to fill one of many vacancies.
Putin sacked deputy defence ministers Nikolai Pankov, Ruslan Tsalikov, Tatiana Shevtsova and Pavel Popov, in accordance with Kremlin decrees. He appointed Tsivileva, who Russian media mentioned is the daughter of Putin’s cousin, as a deputy defence minister.
Leonid Gornin, a deputy finance minister, will likely be a primary deputy defence minister beneath Defence Minister Andrei Belousov.
Pavel Fradkov, the son of former Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov, was appointed a deputy defence minister. Oleg Savelyev was additionally appointed deputy defence minister.
After Putin final month appointed Belousov as defence minister and moved Sergei Shoigu to the Russian Security Council, the transfer seems to be an try to put in loyalists within the defence ministry.
Source: www.anews.com.tr