Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed his relative arsenic lawman defence curate amid the warfare against Ukraine.
In a determination smacking of nepotism, Putin, 71, named Anna Tsivileva, 52, the girl of his precocious cousin, to the station connected Monday.
It follows a Kremlin gathering with her earlier this month.
The caller minister's hubby Sergei Tsivilev was precocious appointed vigor curate successful the regime, formerly a determination politician successful a ember portion called Kemerovo.
Mrs Tsivilev, a loyal backer of the invasion of Ukraine, has headed a radical called the Defenders of the Fatherland, authorities money acceptable up to 'help' participants successful a struggle that has killed and injured much than 450,000 Russians.
Anna Tsivileva (pictured) has been appointed 1 of Russia's lawman defence ministers
Vladimir Putin (right) named Mrs Tsivileva (left) to the station connected Monday aft a Kremlin gathering earlier this month
Ms Tsivileva (pictured) is Putin's cousin, whose hubby was precocious named vigor minister
Her narration to Putin is not highlighted successful authorities media reports.
She was appointed alongside respective different lawman defence ministers, arsenic 4 were sacked successful a large reshuffle.
This marked Putin's latest purge, ousting the remaining allies of erstwhile defence curate Sergei Shoigu, who helium dismissed past month.
Heading up the defence ministry present is Andrey Belousov, an economist adjacent to the Russian dictator, who has a ngo to escaped the section of corruption.
In 2022, Tsivileva was sanctioned by the UK Government implicit her links to Putin.
Tsivileva, a businesswoman and psychologist, has been president of JSC Kolmar Group, a large Russian ember mining company.
She volition beryllium successful complaint of societal and lodging enactment for the military, and usher successful a 'new qualitative level', according to the ministry.
In different determination among a slew of appointments, Putin named Pavel Fradkov, lad of erstwhile Prime Minister and spy main Mikhail Fradkov, arsenic his archetypal lawman main of statesmanlike affairs.
Mrs Tsivileva (pictured) is simply a loyal backer of the warfare successful Ukraine and has led a radical called the Defenders of the Fatherland, acceptable up to 'help' participants inthe conflict
Mrs Tsivileva's (pictured) assignment marks different measurement successful Putin's purge of former defence curate Sergei Shoigu's cronies
Mrs Tsivileva (left) was sanctioned by the UK Government implicit her links to Putin (right) successful 2022
Tsivileva (pictured) is simply a businesswoman and psychologist, and has been president of JSC Kolmar Group, a large Russian ember mining company.
Meanwhile, Putin sacked lawman defence ministers Nikolai Pankov, Ruslan Tsalikov, Tatiana Shevtsova and Pavel Popov, according to Kremlin decrees.
Leonid Gornin, antecedently archetypal lawman concern minister, volition present service arsenic archetypal lawman defence curate nether defence curate Andrei Belousov, an economist with nary subject acquisition who was named past period to regenerate Shoigu.
Also named arsenic lawman defence ministers were Oleg Savelyev and Pavel Fradkov, the lad of erstwhile Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov.
Fradkov volition oversee the absorption of property, onshore and operation relating to the military.
Another erstwhile lawman defence minister, Timur Ivanov, was arrested connected April 23 and accused of bribe-taking.
Since then, 4 different apical officials astatine the ministry and wide unit person been arrested connected the aforesaid charges successful the biggest corruption ungraded to deed the Russian authorities successful years.
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