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Sergei Shoigu, a close ally of the president, will be replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov.

Vladimir Putin tonight proposed firing Sergei Shoigu, 68, and appointed him as secretary of Russia's national security council. The move appears to be an astonishing snub to Shoigu.

President proposes Andrei Belousov as defence minister with Sergei Shoigu to become secretary of Security Council.

Russian president says successor to Shoigu, who has been defence minister for years, will be Andrei Belousov, an economist

Vladimir Putin has chosen to name an economist as his new Russian defense minsiter. Andrei Belousov will take over from Sergei Shoigu, one of the key architects of the war in Ukraine

The Defence Secretary said Moscow’s outgoing defence minister Sergei Shoigu has overseen mass civilian suffering in Ukraine.

The Defence Secretary said Moscow’s outgoing defence minister Sergei Shoigu has overseen mass civilian suffering in Ukraine.

The Defence Secretary said Moscow’s outgoing defence minister Sergei Shoigu has overseen mass civilian suffering in Ukraine.

The Defence Secretary said Moscow’s outgoing defence minister Sergei Shoigu has overseen mass civilian suffering in Ukraine.

Mr Putin is replacing Mr Shoigu, who has played a major role in Russia's war with Ukraine, with a civilian economist

Sergei Shoigu has been appointed as secretary of Russia’s national security council.

Sergei Shoigu has been appointed as secretary of Russia’s national security council.

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…

The move has been seen as a major snub to the man Putin put in charge of his war against Ukraine.

Putin also dismissed Nikolay Patrushev from the post of Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation

VLADIMIR Putin has proposed sacking his long-term Defence Minister, Sergei Shoigu, more than two years into the Ukraine war.

VLADIMIR Putin has proposed sacking his long-term Defence Minister, Sergei Shoigu, more than two years into the Ukraine war.