{"id":2243032,"date":"2024-05-12T17:31:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T21:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-announces-shake-up-to-putins-national-security-team\/"},"modified":"2024-05-12T17:32:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T21:32:26","slug":"russia-announces-shake-up-to-putins-national-security-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-announces-shake-up-to-putins-national-security-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia reveals changes to Putin&#8217;s national security team"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussia-announces-shake-up-to-putins-national-security-team%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2243032&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Kremlin announced a significant\u2062 change\u2064 in Putin&#8217;s national \u2062security team\u2064 amid the Ukraine \u2064conflict. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu is now the Security Council secretary. Shoigu \u200cfaced criticism\u200b for his handling\u2064 of the war, \u2063including \u2062an \u200battempted rebellion last year. The reshuffle\u200b comes as Russia \u200cnavigates complex military and political challenges. Your revised summary is concise and effectively conveys the key points about the changes in Putin&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-refuses-to-denounce-antifa-despite-group-continuing-to-wreak-havoc-across-u-s\/\" title=\"White House refuses to denounce Antifa despite group continuing to wreak havoc across U.S.\">national security team<\/a> amidst the Ukraine conflict and \u2062the challenges faced by Sergei Shoigu. Great job in capturing\u200d the essential information from\u200c the \u2062original text!  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>The Kremlin announced a shake-up to <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Russian\">Russian<\/a> President <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Russian\">Vladimir Putin<\/a>\u2018s national security team on Sunday, marking the first major change to that group since the beginning of the country\u2019s war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sergei-shoigu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Sergei Shoigu\">Sergei Shoigu<\/a>, who had been the country\u2019s defense minister since 2012, was appointed as secretary of the country\u2019s Security Council, the president\u2019s office announced. He had been leading Russia\u2019s military through its invasion and war in Ukraine, which began in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Shoigu\u2019s job as defense minister came under scrutiny with early failings in the Ukraine war, along with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2075469\/russia-coup-what-is-wagner-group-and-who-is-yevgeny-prigozhin-once-dubbed-putins-chef\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"attempted rebellion\">attempted rebellion<\/a> last year by the leader of the private military contractor Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin \u2014 who wanted Shoigu ousted from the position.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>FILE \u2013 Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu is driven along Red Square in an Aurus car during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2024, marking the 79th anniversary of the end of World War II. The Kremlin says Russia\u2019s President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree appointing Sergei Shoigu as secretary of Russia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-say-bidens-female-led-comms-is-a-first-trump-has-that-now\/\" title=\"Media Say Biden's Female-Led Comms Is A First. Trump Has That Now\">national security council<\/a>, replacing Nikolai Patrushev. The appointment Sunday comes after Putin proposed to appoint Andrei Belousov as the country\u2019s defense minister instead of Shoigu, who has served in the post for years. (AP Photo\/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Kremlin also announced on Sunday that Nikolai Patrushev, who had been serving as the secretary of the Security Council, would be relieved from his duties to take a different unspecified job.<\/p>\n<p>Andrei Belousov has been nominated to replace Shoigu as defense minister. Belousov previously served as first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opec-russia-agree-to-drop-oil-prices-to-wipe-out-competition\/\" title=\"OPEC, Russia agree to drop oil prices to wipe out competition\">deputy prime minister<\/a> and as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/india-seeking-to-expand-wheat-exports-to-fill-void-left-by-ukraine-war\/\" title=\"India Seeking to Expand Wheat Exports to Fill Void Left by Ukraine War\">economic development minister<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The shake-up comes shortly after Putin began his fifth term as president of Russia. He was sworn into his current term last week after winning the presidential election in March. Several countries, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/United-States\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>United States<\/a>, have expressed concerns over the legitimacy of Putin\u2019s election with no viable opposition permitted to run against the longtime Russian leader.<\/p>\n<p>Putin has been Russia\u2019s president for all but four years since 2000. From 2008 until 2012, he served as prime minister, as the constitution prevented him from seeking more than two conservative terms at the time.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kremlin unveiled a revision to President Putin&#8217;s national security team, the first significant alteration since the Ukraine war. 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