Putin taps economist to run defense, replacing Shoigu | REUTERS

Russian President Vladimir Putin tapped a civilian economist as his surprise new defense minister in an attempt to gird Russia for economic war by trying to better utilize the defense budget and harness greater innovation to win in Ukraine.
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