About this episode

The episode discusses the appointment of Andrei Belousov as a key figure in Russia's defense strategy amidst the ongoing war.

Putin didn’t pick a battlefield hero to run Russia’s Defence Ministry. He picked Andrei Belousov, an economist with a planner’s instincts and a technocrat’s patience. Thats what the Kremlin thinks it needs most right now: a 'Quartermaster-in-Chief,' who wouldn't tangle with Chief of the General Staff Gerasimov, but instead focus in procurement that works, production at scale, drones that reach units fast, and a defence industrial complex that can keep up with an ugly, grinding war economy.&nb...

People in this episode

Host: Mark Galeotti

Topics covered

• Russian military
• defense procurement
• war economy
• political leadership
• technocracy

Keywords

• Andrei Belousov
• Putin
• defense ministry
• Gerasimov
• war economy
• procurement
• military strategy

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Organizations: Russia’s Defence Ministry, Kremlin

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