Putin eventually left, and another Russian army general disbanded, and the ¡°Shoij era¡± has completely ended.

Several Russian media reported that Russian Deputy Defense Minister General Alexander Fomin will soon resign, and First Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Vasily Osmakov will succeed Fomin. The formal personnel change order has been drafted. Only after Fomin formally submits his resignation and Putin signs and confirms his appointment.

After Fujimiri's resignation, of the current 10 deputy ministers of the Russian Defence Ministry, in addition to the Chief of the General Staff and the first deputy minister Grazimov, there were only Yevkurov, who was in charge of operational training and other affairs, Goremkin, who was in charge of military affairs and weapons research and development, and Krivoruchko, who served as deputy ministers before the defence ministry began last year.

Osmanov will also become the fifth deputy minister to be transferred from the non-military sector since the defence ministry¡¯s major change.

In fact, as early as September, there were rumors that Osmakov would be transferred to the Ministry of Defense, but it was not determined at that time which veteran he would replace who served as deputy minister during the Shoigu era.

Putin¡¯s ultimate choice to replace Formin with Osmakov should have taken into account the changes in the needs of the Defense Ministry.

Formin served in the army for many years, then entered the Russian Defense Export Company, the Military Technology Cooperation Bureau and other departments and gradually climbed to the position of Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Defense, where he was mainly responsible for foreign military technical exchanges, especially arms and equipment exports.

Since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Russia's military-industrial production has shifted to prioritize ensuring supply on the frontline, the supply of foreign weapons equipment has been significantly reduced, many foreign trade orders have been postponed or cancelled, and the role that Fujiming's years of work experience can play has become more and more limited.

After the Russian-Ukrainian peace talks were stalled and the United States threatened to supply Ukraine with weapons such as ¡°Taxic¡± missiles, the Putin administration was basically certain that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict would continue for a period of time.

In addition, the Russian military in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict losses are not small, even if the future conflict ends, the Russian military-industrial sector still to leave the majority of production to the Russian military, as soon as possible to replenish the consumption in the war, the Russian government should have made, in a long time the focus of military-industrial production is to meet domestic demand, foreign exchanges relatively limited judgment.

This made Fu Ming's situation even more awkward.

Osmakov, who has been working at the Ministry of Industry and Trade for at least 20 years, had hoped to become Minister of Industry and Trade during a major personnel adjustment last year, but Putin had intended to advance his heart Alikhanov, and Osmakov could not go further.

Putin is now allowing Osmakov to enter the Ministry of Defense system. He is undoubtedly taking advantage of his familiarity with Russia's various industrial sectors and his close relationship with relevant departments to strengthen coordination and cooperation between the Ministry of Defense and the industrial sectors, and promote defense production. Meet the most urgent needs at the moment.

Putin has also stated that he hopes that the development of the Russian military industry will drive the development of the civil industrial system and strive to establish a stronger industrial system in the future.

Furthermore, the experience of the Ministry of Industry and Trade has enabled Osmakov to also have foreign trade experience and to qualify for military-industrial export-related jobs.

Osmakov¡¯s transition from First Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade to Deputy Minister of Defense appears to be a resignation, but in fact, the move has demonstrated Putin¡¯s recognition of Osmakov¡¯s capabilities, and if Osmakov could perform in the Defense Department, Putin would naturally give him more opportunities.

In addition to strengthening coordination between the Ministry of Defense and the industrial sector, Putin replaced Formin with Osmakov, which is also a re-balance of forces within the Ministry of Defense.

In last year's big change of blood, Putin mainly eliminated the shoigu faction in the Ministry of National Defense, but did not greatly weaken the military strength. Counting Fomin, who has not yet resigned, the Russian Ministry of National Defense currently has five deputy ministers from the military system, which is not in line with Putin's reorganization plan to strengthen the technical civilian strength in the Ministry of National Defense.

Now that Osmakov is replaced with Fomin, and Gerasimov doesn't have much energy to participate in the daily life of the Ministry of National Defense, the military's direct influence on the affairs of the Ministry of National Defense will be weakened. This is also Putin's restriction during the war. The rapid expansion of military power is a means to maintain civilian checks and balances on the military.

At the same time, Putin does not want a situation where most technical civilians are directly affiliated with the Minister of Defense. Therefore, while agreeing to Belousov to transfer Gorning and Savliyev, two confidants, to the Ministry of Defense, Putin is also mixing sand into the Ministry of Defense.

Although Osmakov was a technical bureaucrat from the economic sector, from his professional experience, he did not have much contact with Belousov, but had long served as a deputy to the current First Deputy Prime Minister Manturov.

In addition, Putin has appointed two of his hearts, former President¡¯s Office First Deputy Director Vladimirov and his nephew Zivileva, as Deputy Defense Secretary, ensuring monitoring of the situation within the Defense Ministry.

In summary, Putin¡¯s reluctance and the decent departure of Fujimiri marked the end of the ¡°Shoij era¡± of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Under the shadow of the protracted war, Putin is reshaping the national defense system with a cold realistic logic-reducing the old functions of foreign military trade, strengthening the core capabilities of internal military production, and carefully checking and balancing the personnel layout to prevent any party's power from being too big.