Russia’s president has a team around him that acts as his inner circle.
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When Russian President Vladimir Putin convened Russia’s National Security Council last Monday, there was a first. Until then, only Putin’s introductory statement had been shown in the media from these meetings, if at all.
This time, the statements of the other members of the panel were also transmitted – with a time delay and a few passages shortened, as Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov later had to admit. There had been minor glitches. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s wristwatch was in the picture, from which one could see that it was not a live broadcast.
The Security Council, not the pro-Kremlin parliament, is Russia’s most important decision-making body. It fulfills functions similar to those of the CPSU Politburo in Soviet times. It is striking that among the 14 members there is not a single proven economic expert.
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