Russian President Vladimir Putin reshuffled the Russian government with 15 staff changes at senior positions across the country announced by the Kremlin on Thursday.
Putin’s spokesman dismissed the change as simply routine rotation but some of the hires and dismissals provide insight into the Kremlin’s current strategy and who they think they can best trust to carry it out. Among the positions affected were five governor posts, four presidential envoy positions, the deputy interior minister, Russia’s ambassador to Ukraine and the deputy head of the National Guard—the budding body charged with protecting the president.
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Source: Newsweek
