Putin Sacks Two Senior Kremlin Officials Amid Tension Building In the Kremlin
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Make Sure to Subscribe to the New J.KNIGHT Channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCnLrtqd5qxC_f1lOnrybpnA President Vladimir Putin dismissed two senior officials on Monday in a surprise move that followed recent rumors of feuding at the heart of the Kremlin. The twin sackings come less than a...
Make Sure to Subscribe to the New J.KNIGHT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnLrtqd5qxC_f1lOnrybpnA President Vladimir Putin dismissed two senior officials on Monday in a surprise move that followed recent rumors of feuding at the heart of the Kremlin. The twin sackings come less than a month after the killing of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, which had exposed rarely seen tensions between various factions within Putin's inner elite. Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Oleg Morozov, 61, was leaving his post as head of the president's domestic policy department because of family reasons. Peskov also announced the departure of head of the international cooperation department, Sergei Bolkhovitin, but gave no reason for his removal. His department deals with technical aspects of foreign cooperation. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/r-putin-sacks-two-senior-kremlin-officials-amid-speculation-of-turf-wars-2015-3#ixzz3VHAtU7aA