Putin appointed Belousov Minister of Defense to drag funds from the economy to the war - ft

According to Senior Researcher at the Center Carnegie Michael Kafman, Putin's permutation says "that in this war Russian economic elites acted much better than the military elites. " According to Senior Researcher at the Center Carnegie Michael Kafman, Putin's permutation says "that in this war Russian economic elites acted much better than the military elites.

" Economist Andriy Bilousov became the Minister of Defense testifies that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to make a military-industrial complex with the engine of the economy and for a long time to continue the war at the expense of its militarization. About it writes Financial Times, citing a statement by a senior researcher at the Center Center Carnegie Michael Kafman.

It is noted that the permutation made by the Kremlin's head "indicates that in this war, the Russian economic elites acted much better than the military elites.

" In turn, Mayak Intelligence, Director of Consulting Intelligence, Mark Galeotti, is convinced that during the war, the Minister of Defense should help to provide the army with everything necessary, so "in this context the appointment of an economist to this position, which speaks to the need to subordinate a large part of the economy to the needs of the military sector. some meaning.

" The head of the British Defense Ministry of Defense Grant Shepps is convinced that Russia will have "another Putin puppet". A person who has been familiar with the President of the Russian Federation and the newly appointed Minister of Defense for many years, in a comment by FT, explained that Belousov will not "manage the army, as a general with all these medals, he is a workaholic, a technology, and Putin knows him very well.

" At the same time, he believes Professor of Economics of the University of Chicago Konstantin Sonin that "Putin's" Soldier "was able to take a mountain over the" macroeconomist "in Belous. Another former Kremlin's high -ranking official was the FT of the New Defense Minister: "He is not stupid, he has a mathematical mind, but his mentality is quite Soviet.

" The publication notes that Putin is interested in more control over the costs of the defense sphere, which already make up more than 6% of GDP, reaching a record 10. 7 trillion rubles. Because of this, according to people who are familiar with the situation, he has set the Minister of a consolidating and pragmatic official and at the same time advocates for state industrial policy.