Putin changed two deputy heads of the Ministry of Defense, provoking serious changes in the Moscow Region

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the dismissal of two deputy defense ministers Elena Kozlova and Dmitry Chushkin from their posts, the Kremlin press service reports on Thursday. The head of state appointed these posts of the former first deputy chairman of the military-industrial commission under the Government of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov and the former vice-governor of the Moscow Region Ruslan Tsalikov.

The 56-year-old native of the city of Ordzhonikidze of the North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Ruslan Tsalikov in the early 90s held the post of Minister of Finance of North Ossetia. Since 1994, he worked in the system of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia. He headed the main financial and economic department, then he headed the Department of Financial and Economic Activities of the Ministry.

In 2000, Tsalikov was appointed Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations, in 2005 he became a state secretary - deputy minister. Since June 2007 - the first deputy minister of the Russian Federation for civil defense, emergency situations and the elimination of the consequences of natural disasters.

In 2012, Tsalikov took the post of vice-governor of the Moscow region, after the region was headed by the former head of the Ministry of Emergencies Sergey Shoigu. From November 6 to 8 before the appointment of Andrei Vorobyov, instead of the Shoigu, who had left for the Ministry of Defense, he acted as the governor of the Moscow Region.

Doctor of Technical Sciences Yuri Borisov is the same age as Ruslan Tsalikov. He graduated from the Kalinin Suvorov Military School, the Pushkin Higher Command School of Radio Electronics Air Defense and Moscow State University named after Lomonosov. From 1998 to 2004, he worked as the general director of the Module Scientific and Technical Center CJSC.

From 2004 to 2008, the Federal Agency for Industry held the positions of the head of the department of electronic industry and management systems, the deputy head of the Federal Agency for Industry.

From July 2, 2008 to March 3, 2011 he served as deputy minister of industry and trade in the Russian Federation. In March last year, he was appointed First Deputy Chairman of the Military-Industrial Commission under the Government of the Russian Federation.

Last Tuesday, information appeared in the press with reference to the press secretary of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Rogozin that Borisov was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense. However, Lidia Mikhailova, spokeswoman for Rogozin, later denied this message.

Moscow Region after Tsalikov's departure await serious changes

Following the transition of Ruslan Tsalikov to the Ministry of Defense in the leadership of the Moscow Region, significant changes are coming, which will be expressed not only in personnel rearrangements, but, apparently, in changes in the structure of the regional government.

On Thursday, the acting head of the Moscow Region Andrei Vorobyov asked the regional Duma to consider the legislative opportunity to combine the position of governor with the post of head of the regional government, Interfax reports.

"I ask you to make changes to the charter that would allow me to take responsibility for the management of the region," Vorobyov said at a meeting of the Moscow Regional Duma.

The former head of the United Russia faction in the State Duma noted that he would like to change the management structure in the region. “I can’t stand aside, I want to feel the process, so I ask you to consider a statement that will allow me to head the government,” he emphasized.

Vorobyov also stated that he will have the first three deputy. “The first deputy is a social block,” he said. He called the Minister of Education of the Moscow Region Lydia Antonov as a candidate for this position. I.O. The governor said that he will offer the position of deputy on finances and economics "a person with whom he worked in the State Duma" - the current head of the Committee on Rules and Organizations of Ildar Gabdrakhmanov.

“The third first deputy is a policy. I also look at such a person now. To call the name today prematurely,” Vorobyov said, promising to name his last name on the next Monday. Sources of Interfax reported that this post can be proposed by the current head of the regional government Andrei Sharov.

On Thursday, the head of the region also said that the positions of three deputy heads of government in areas including road facilities, construction and agriculture will be preserved.