Russian media report on who will replace Shoigu

Aleksei Dumin, Putin's former bodyguard, will soon be appointed as the new head of the Russian Defence Ministry. Sergei Shoigu will be dismissed from his post as Russian Defence Minister. This was reported by Russian military correspondents.

Dumin is now the governor of the Tula Region.

According to the same military correspondents, yesterday Dyumin allegedly went out to negotiate with Prigozhin, and was able to reach an agreement with him to end his rebellion, but this information was denied by the Dyumin administration itself.

Surovikin, on the other hand, according to military correspondents, may get the post of Chief of the General Staff, which is currently held by Gerasimov.

Who is Dumin?

Aleksey Gennadyevich Dumin was born on 28 August 1972 in Kursk. In 1994, he graduated from the Voronezh Higher Military Engineering School of Radio Electronics. In 2009, he graduated with honours from the Russian Presidential Academy of Civil Service, and in 2013, he completed professional retraining at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. From 1994 to 1996, he was an engineer at the Central Integrated Technical Control Centre of the Russian Air Force.

From 1996 to 2013, he served in various positions. - he served in various positions in the Federal Security Service. He ensured the Russian President's participation in various events both at home and abroad, including G8, G20, SCO, APEC summits, etc.

From 2013 to 2016. - Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Chief of the General Staff - First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces, Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation.

on February 2, 2016, he was appointed Acting Governor of Tula Region. on September 18, 2016, he was elected Governor of Tula Region.

Colonel General.