Vladimir Putin reshuffles top military brass
Moscow: Russia's President Vladimir Putin has reshuffled the nation's top military brass following the defence minister's ouster.Putin on Friday named Col-Gen Valery Gerasimov as the new chief of the armed forces' General Staff, to replace Gen Nikolai Makarov. He also reshuffled several other top generals.Putin fired Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov over a corruption scandal on Tuesday in a move ...
