Free_Press, 11 days ago

Russia's new defense minister, Andrei Belousov, started his career as a protégé of former Economy Minister German Gref, a free-market liberal, and served as a deputy economy minister in 2006-2008.

Belousov was Russia's economy minister in 2012-2013, an aide to Putin in 2013-2020, and first deputy prime minister in 2020-2024. He is considered a supporter of boosting military spending and mobilizing the country's economy for the war effort, according to publication Verstka.
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