Putin Appoints His Ex Bodyguard As Head Of Russia’s State Council

Moscow:

The Kremlin mentioned on Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin had appointed Alexei Dyumin, an aide and previous bodyguard, as secretary of the Atmosphere Council, an advisory frame to the Russian head of shape.

Later being re-elected for some other six-year time period previous this 12 months, Putin made Dyumin an aide specialising within the defence trade and the Kremlin spoke on the hour of alternative duties for him.

A decree signed by way of Putin appointing him to the Atmosphere Council function was once revealed at the Kremlin’s site on Wednesday morning.

Sergei Markov, a former Kremlin abettor, mentioned previous this moment that many nation thought that Putin noticed Dyumin as his successor.

Putin, 71, is embarking on a unused six-year time period and is anticipated to rule for years yet to come and there is not any worthy knowledge on who he would possibly favour to 1 week be successful him.

However the identify of Dyumin, amongst others, has lengthy been the topic of hypothesis amongst Moscow’s political elite.

Dyumin, 51, was once introduced into the Kremlin previous this moment upcoming serving as a regional governor of Russia’s Tula patch.

Dyumin entered Russia’s Federal Guards Carrier (FSO), which guarantees the safety of the Kremlin elite, in 1995 and protected Putin right through his first and 2d phrases. He has additionally labored as deputy head of the GRU (Russian army perception).

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