The Federation Council of Russia announced that President Vladimir Putin has proposed the dismissal of Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu while retaining his veteran Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The official news agency "Novosti" reported that the Federation Council received a list of candidates suggested by President Putin for the heads of several ministries and federal agencies.
In the president's proposal, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu is absent and replaced by Andrei Rimovich Belousov, who previously served as the first deputy prime minister in Mikhail Mishustin's government. Last Friday, Putin reappointed Mikhail Mishustin as prime minister. The full list of candidates is as follows:
- Minister of Defense: Andrei Rimovich Belousov
- Minister of Internal Affairs: Vladimir Alexandrovich Kolokoltsev
- Minister of Civil Defense, Emergencies and Disaster Relief: Alexander Vyacheslavovich Kurinov
- Minister of Foreign Affairs: Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov
- Minister of Justice: Konstantin Anatolievich Chuychenko
- Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service: Sergey Evgenievich Naryshkin
- Director of the Federal Security Service: Alexander Vasilyevich Bortnikov
- Director of the Federal National Guard Service: Viktor Vasilyevich Zolotov
- Director of the Federal Security Service: Dmitry Viktorovich Kushnerev
- Head of the Main Directorate of Special Programs for the President: Alexander Leonidovich Lentz
