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Former Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu (left) and his replacement Andrey Belousov (right).
Former Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu (left) and his replacement Andrey Belousov (right).

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  • Russian leader Vladimir Putin shook up his national security team on Sunday. 
  • Putin replaced his longtime defense minister Sergei Shoigu with an economist Andrey Belousov. 
  • Belousov was previously deputy prime minister and economic development minister.  

Russian leader Vladimir Putin is replacing his longtime defense minister Sergei Shoigu, 68, with an economist.

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Military & Defense, politics, insider-news, vladimir-putin, sergei-shoigu, andrey-belousov
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Putin axes defense minister, replaces him with an economist