On May 14, 18 new appointments were announced in the Kremlin, including a new position of Mykola Patrushev. The appointment of Andrei Belousov to the post of Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation has not yet been officially announced.
Following the resignation of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Russian President Vladimir Putin made new government appointments. Mykola Patrushev, the former Secretary of the Security Council of Russia, has received a new position of assistant to the President. These appointments in the Kremlin were reported through the Telegram-channel of Russian media "RIA Novosti".
Information on new appointments and reassignments in the Russian government appeared at 10:59. It turned out that Putin issued decrees concerning 18 high -ranking officials. Among them were persons such as Dmitry Peskov, who remained as a spokesman, Alexei Dumin, who passed from the post of governor of Tula region to the post of assistant. Patrushev also became Putin's assistant, and nine other people from his environment received the same positions.
Some hours later, the statement of the Presidential spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, appeared, who explained what the newly appointed officials would do. In particular, Patrushev will be involved in the shipbuilding and will have "other functions", but the specific details of Peskov did not specify. He also did not mention Andrei Belousov as the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Mykola Patrushev, a 72-year-old Russian politician, has extensive experience in the field of state security. He began his career at the Soviet Union (KGB) Committee (KGB) and then headed the Federal Security Service (FSB) in Russia. His predecessor in this position was the current President of Russia, and the successor was another KGB officer, Alexander Bortnikov.
The media reported some actions of Patrushev, including his involvement in the murder of ex-scout Litvinenko, who was poisoned by Polonius in the United Kingdom. He is also associated with a series of explosions in residential buildings in Russia, which helped Putin become president. After the beginning of the hybrid invasion of Russia in Ukraine, Patrushev interview The Guardian, in which he declared the US involvement in the revolution in Ukraine to weaken the Russian Federation.
"The United States has started a conflict in Ukraine. It was the US who launched all these events. In one of his recent interviews, Barack Obama has admitted. The campaign for destabilization of Ukraine has an attempt to create an instrument that can help weaken Russia sharply," Patrushev said.
In addition, in April 2024, the politician expressed another warning about the threat to the Russian Federation, believing that the country could be decomposed under the pressure of migrants.
