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  • RUSSIA PUTIN SHAKEUP - WEB
  • May 16, 2024
  • Content Type Package
  • Language English
  • Transcript/Script ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: RUSSIA PUTIN SHAKEUP HEADLINE: Putin’s shakeup points to Russian preparations for long, costly war in Ukraine TEASER: Russian leader’s pick is a technocrat who designed Russia’s wartime economic plan, a sign Moscow is up for a long and costly final stretch PUBLISHED AT: 05/16/2024 at 9:55am BYLINE: Ricardo Marquina CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Undated VIDEOGRAPHER: Ricardo Marquina, Reuters VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: LR; CAW VIDEO SOURCE (S): REUTERS, VOA Original PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 1:39 VID APPROVED BY: MAS TYPE: TVR EDITOR NOTES: )) ((INTRO)) [[Russian President Vladimir Putin’s naming of an economist as his new defense chief is a sign he is preparing for his costly war in Ukraine to go even longer, say analysts. Elizabeth Cherneff narrates this report from Ricardo Marquina.]] ((NARRATOR)) The recent Victory Day celebrations marked the last time Sergei Shoigu would appear in public as Russia’s defense minister. Three days later, Vladimir Putin would remove him from office and replace him with a technocrat, an economist who had been Putin's deputy minister and who many point to as one of the architects of the Russian economy's resistance to Western sanctions. Analysts see this as a sign Putin is preparing for a war that is becoming longer and more expensive to sustain. The Russian leader, some say, wants to put his war on sound financial footing for the long haul. [[RADIO VERSION. Keir Giles is a senior consulting fellow at Chatham House’s Russia and Eurasia Program. He spoke to VOA.]] ((Keir Giles, Chatham House - MALE IN ENGLISH - ORIGINAL VOA)) ((ZOOM)) “So now that Russia is settling in comfortably for this long war, they want to make sure that it is going to be affordable and therefore an economist is the best person to do that.” ((NARRATOR)) U.S. officials estimate the war in Ukraine has already cost Russia more than 200 billion dollars. The changes come as Russian forces launch a massive new assault in northeastern Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, where Russian pressure is forcing the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops and the evacuation of civilians. The offensive is yet another sign that Moscow is not preparing for peace. [[RADIO VERSION: Natia Seskuria is the founder and executive director of the Regional Institute for Security Studies, a Tbilisi-based research group.]] ((Natia Seskuria, RISS - FEMALE IN ENGLISH ORIGINAL VOA - VIA ((ZOOM)) “Putin is trying to better utilize the defense budget. ((CUTAWAY)) So, I do not think that this means in any way that there will be some changes when it comes to Putin's strategy in Ukraine.” ((NARRATOR)) Putin has just begun a new six-year term after winning reelection. The changes are meant to ensure his expensive war can keep going in what promises to be a long, final stretch. ((For Ricardo Marquina, Elizabeth Cherneff, VOA News))
  • NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
  • Subtitles / Dubbing Available No
  • Network VOA
  • Embargo Date May 16, 2024 09:49 EDT
  • Byline Ricardo Marquina
  • Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English
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