Russia's President Vladimir Putin sacked the country's defence minister, Anatoly Serdyukov, on Tuesday after he was implicated in a criminal probe into the sell-off of military assets.
Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday fired defence minister Anatoly Serdyukov over a corruption scandal, the most dramatic change to the government since he returned to the Kremlin for a third term.
Putin replaced Serdyukov, who had been implementing an unpopular but Kremlin-backed military reform, with Moscow region governor and long-standing ally Sergei Shoigu.
Serdyukov was relieved of his duties so that a thorough investigation can proceed into a suspected $100 million property scam at a defence ministry holding company, Putin said at a meeting with Shoigu.
"Taking into consideration the situation around the defence ministry I have made a decision to relieve defence minister Serdyukov of his post in order to create conditions for an objective investigation of all the issues," Putin said in televised remarks.
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