Sergey Shoigu, currently defense minister, will replace former prime minister and now deputy Security Council chief Dmitry Medvedev as head of United Russia, according to Maksim Shevchenko, a commentator who leads the Russian Party of Freedom and Justice.
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This handout picture released by the Russian Defence Ministry on April 22, 2021, shows Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu (C) and Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov (C-L) inspecting Russian military drills at the Opuk training ground not far from the town of Kerch, on the Kerch Peninsula in the east of the Crimea.
