will remain the prerogative of the leadership of the general staff, the head of which remains valery gerasimovhearings on the candidacy of vladimir kolokoltsev for the post of head of the minister of internal affairs were successfully held. valentina matvienko stated that the senators have a positive attitude towards his candidacy, and also noted that the biographies of the candidates, whom the president introduced - all these people deserve special attention because these are all people with enormous, very extensive work experience behind them. during the hearings , kolokoltsev called the fight against corruption one of the priorities of the ministry of internal affairs. 50 billion rubles, which was caused by corrupt officials, this damage was almost completely compensated as a result of operational investigative measures in relation to... and also hearings took place at this very moment already in yes varvara, thanks from the federation council with the latest news our correspondent varvara nevskaya. the federation council committee on budget and financial markets unanimously supported the c

on the battlefield is the one who is more open to innovation. the general staff will still be valery gerasimov, what about other candidates, consultations on which will be held today in the federation council, according to the press service of the upper house of parliament, vladimir putin proposed reappointing vladimir kolokoltsev to the post of head of the ministry internal affairs, alexander kurenkov for the post of head of the ministry of emergency situations, sergei lavrov for the post of head of our foreign policy department, konstantin chyuchenko for the post of head of the ministry of justice. for the post of director of the foreign intelligence service, alexander bortnikov, for the post of director of the federal security service and viktor zolotov for the post of head of the russian guard, dmitry kochnev. to the position of head of the federal security service and alexander lints to the position of head of the main department of special presidential programs. another new appointment and candidate expected here today in the federation council is a candidate for the post of chairman of

valery gerasimov will still remain, but what about other candidates, consultations on which will takelace today in the federation council within the framework of committees. according to the press service of the department, vladimir putin proposed reassigning vladimir klokoltsev to the post of head of the ministry of internal affairs, alexandra kurenkov to the post of minister of emergency situations, sergei lavrov will still remain minister of foreign affairs, konstantin chyuchenko should. to head the minust, sergei naryshkin for the post of director of the foreign intelligence service, alexander bortnikov, for the post of director of the federal security service, viktor zolotov, for the post of director of the federal service of national guard troops, dmitry kochnev for the post of director of the federal security service and alexander lints for the post of head of the main department special programs president, and is expected to work on the council today. or any recommendations to the head of state, but it contains essential information, taking into account which the president wil

component, here the coordinate system remains the same , dmitry peskov said, chief of staff valery gerasimovl continue to be responsible for it; there has always been a military component. the prerogative of the chief of the general staff, it will continue to operate; no changes are currently envisaged in this regard. sergei shaigu was appointed secretary of the security council by presidential decree. nikolai patrushev was relieved of this position due to, quote: transfer to another job. according to dmitry peskov, it will be announced in the coming days. as for sergei kruzhgevich shaigu, he holds the position of secretary of the security council and will also be a deputy. presidents of the commission on the military-industrial complex, in fact shaigu will continue to work in this area, which he knows well, knows well from the inside, together with his colleagues and partners from his previous place of work. in addition, peskov added that shaiga will head and oversee the work of the federal service for military-technical cooperation, which now reports directly to the president. the remainin

purchase could be coming from vladimir putin and that the powerful chief of the general staff, valery gerasimov, might need to look over his shoulder. although one analyst points out, gerasimov is that the top? of the military pyramid and putin might need to tread carefully with him. bryan todd cnn, washington and american man detained in turks and caicos on ammunition charges is now home today last night bryan hagerich stepped off and escalator at the pittsburgh international airport right into the arms of his children right there he tells cnn affiliate wtae that he has absolutely elated to be back with his kids, the father of two was given a suspended sentence of 52 weeks and was allowed to fly home after paying $6,700 in fines cnn's rafael romo joining me right now with more and all this. so hagerich, he was headed home in february after vacationing. there were this family ammo found in his luggage and then he was looking at a serious jail sentence. >> and what a horrible way to end a vacation has been a tremendous or deal for him his family and his will do seems to be over now, fred, but th

purges could be coming from vladimir putin, and that the powerful chief of the general staff, valery gerasimov, might need to look over his shoulder, the one analyst points out, gerasimov, is at the top of the million terry pyramid and putin might need to tread carefully with him. well ryan todd reporting, brian, thank you very much into our viewers. >> thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. have a very safe memorial day weekend

purges could be coming from vladimir putin, and that the powerful chief of the general staff, valery gerasimov, might need to look over his shoulder, the one analyst points out, gerasimov, is at the top of the million terry pyramid and putin might need to tread carefully with him. well ryan todd reporting, brian, thank you very much into our viewers. >> thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. have a very safe memorial day weekend erin burnett outfront starts, right >> right now out front next, breaking news, attorneys in the trump hush money case now have the all important jury instructions this as trump goes out of his way today to insult the judge and biden gears up to unleash a new fresh round of attacks plus seizing power. that's what china's says. it's now training for as its ships and aircraft surround taiwan is the us about to be drawn into a war with china? and in outfront investigations, cnn tracking down a wealthy trump's suborder who's now leading a high-profile campaign to block a law designed to protect election workers. >> why let's go out friday? >

patrushev himself now seems to be an assistant to the president, and according to dmitry piskov, valery gerasimov remains the chief of the general staff of the armed forces of the russian federation. in principle, all these changes are quite interesting, we will talk with them now with maria kucherenko. she is an analyst of the come back alive fund, and she follows very closely all the events that are happening in russia, and actually the changes. that are happening there, in particular among their elite, well, the russian propagandists themselves, well, let's be frank, were sought after by this new appointment and commented on it in this way. please, the comments of the russian propagandists regarding the resignation. the news, of course, is sensational, unexpected, no one could have guessed. of course, a completely unexpected decision of the president, judging by the entire assignment was a surprise for bilousov himself. he can be heard speaking to the speaker of the upper chamber of the parliament, matvienko, on his way to a meeting of the specialized committee of the federation council. so. o

the planning and organization of these military operations from the very beginning, general valery gerasimov, remained in his post. what is the real reason for such extraordinary trust on the part of dictator volodymyr putin is currently unclear, but most likely we are dealing with classic putin behavior. to insist on their decisions, even and false to the very end. on may 19 , the president of iran, ibrahim raisi, died as a result of a hard landing of a helicopter. on board the helicopter, in addition to him, there was also the minister of foreign affairs of iran and a number of other high-ranking officials. more details about this plane crash in our story. the president of iran, ibrahim raisi, as well as the country's minister of foreign affairs, died on may 19 in a helicopter accident in the mountains on the way from azerbaijan. the country has announced a five-day public mourning for the dead, as reported by the iranian state agency irn, extraordinary presidential elections in iran will be held on june 28, until then vice-president mohammad mokhber will perform the duties of the presiden

removal of shoigu from the ministry of defense strengthens the power of chief of the general staff valery gerasimovo is also in charge of the war against ukraine. thus, gerasim appears to be the main winner of rocking. and this is an obvious loser, - writes the analyst, emphasizing the removal of mykola patrusha. from the influential post of secretary of the council of state security and his appointment to the suspicious post of presidential assistant for shipbuilding. the fact is that both patrushev and shoigu are dividers. vladimir putin in the russian-ukrainian war, they are also war criminals, they should appear and be the ones who will appear at the international tribunal, they should be imprisoned and stand trial for the crimes they commit against ukrainians and the ukrainian states, in this case there are absolutely none there is no doubt, because, well, every evil and... every crime must be punished, that is , criminals must not drive aurus cars around red square, as they are doing now, you see shaiga, this is the so-called parade that he hosted on red square, a man who had never served in

defense minister after defense minister shoigu and chief of the general staff valery gerasimov. well, this is interesting news. interesting news. we will now also talk about an equally interesting topic, in fact, we will talk about our perspective of being in the european union. and for this, we invited to our conversation ivana klympushtsy, people's deputy of ukraine eu. chairman of the committee on ukraine's integration into the european union. union, because there are certain positive signals that negotiations on joining the eu can begin as early as june, president zelenskyy stated, and czech prime minister peter fiala also stated that the eu needs in the coming years to accept ukraine and the balkans, as this will bring additional opportunities to the european union, that was the information, well let's talk about it now with mrs. ivanna, welcome to our airwaves, good day, glory to the heroes. mrs. ivano, well, we would like to ask you right away about the negotiations regarding ukraine's accession to the european union, which will take place now, what about the so-called, w

patrushev himself now seems to be an assistant to the president, and according to dmitry piskov, valery gerasimovef of the general staff of the armed forces of the russian federation. in principle, all these changes are interesting enough, we will talk about them now with maria kucherenko, she is an analyst of the come back alive fund, and she follows all the events that are happening very, very closely. in russia, and actually the changes that are taking place there, in particular in their elite, well , the russian propagandists themselves, well, frankly, were shocked by this new appointment and commented on it in this way, i listened, they said, please, to the comments of the russian pro. .. the news, of course, is sensational, unexpected, no one could have guessed. of course, a completely unexpected decision of the president. apparently, the destination it was a surprise for bilousov himself. he can be heard talking to the chairman of the upper chamber on his way to the meeting of the specialized committee of the federation council. well, you see, these are a little strange, these are the reac

work with the chief of the general staff of the armed forces of the russian federation, general valery gerasimov here, but what is important. that, by and large, putin realized that a fairly serious renewal of the ministry of defense was needed, something similar had already happened during his reign before shoigu, when the technocrat anatoly was also appointed as the minister of defense of russia serdyukov, and this minister carried out a major modernization of the ministry of defense of the russian federation and the armed forces of russia . serhiy shuigu used precisely the legacy of serdyukov, who was removed, accused of corruption, well , by and large, the reason for his downfall was the divorce with the daughter of one of the main favorites of vladimir putin, the former prime minister of russia viktor zubkov, who now heads the board of directors of gazprom, but all these family and clan images, they played clearly in our favor, because it became absolutely it is obvious that a person with such a corrupt... streak as serhiy shuigu can use other people's property, but he is definitely not cap

the day to day running of the war will remain with valery gerasimov, the chief of the general staff.advantage. in what has been the most significant ground attack since the full—scale invasion the russians are moving in on ukraine's second biggest city kharkiv, seizing at least nine villages and settlements in the past week. further advances to within 20 miles of the city would put their artillery within range. at stake notjust control of one of ukraine's major population centers but potentially the country's capacity to keep fighting. if kharkiv falls, western resolve may soon follow. let's speak to patrick bewry, a former nato analyst and defence expert at the university of bath. thank you for coming on the program. let's start with the region, this traditionally does happen when the new president is elected or reelected as is the case with vladimir putin. what did you make of the introduction of andrei belousov to the ministry of defence? it’s to the ministry of defence? it's exactly what — to the ministry of defence? it�*s exactly what happens. you expected the new term the shuff

kazem jalali, it was reported that defense minister andrei belousov, chief of the general staff valery gerasimov and secretary of the security council were present at these negotiations. the iranian presidency has just begun, but there are countries that are already trying in every possible way to deny their involvement in the incident. the israeli authorities, through their channels on social networks and in the press, have already made it clear to other countries that tel aviv has nothing to do, as they say, with the crash of risi’s helicopter. the us state department refrained from making assessments, saying that the department was monitoring the situation, while the influential publication time was trying. there is no other way to put it, turn the tables on azerbaijan, calling it iran’s least friendly neighbor, which also has close ties with the israeli massacre. the european union promised to provide iran with data from the copernicus satellite surveillance system at tehran’s request, but it is not reported whether it was eventually used; it has already been brought to brussels condolences

security council instead of nikolai patrushev and another addition, according to dmitry peskov, valery gerasimov the armed forces of the russian federation. and this is how our president’s press secretary commented on all this news. sergey kuzhugetovich shaigu was relieved of the post of minister of defense by decree of the president of the russian federation and appointed secretary of the security council of the russian federation. andrei re' was appointed minister of defense. belousov, today the winner on the battlefield is the one who is more open to innovation, more open to their implementation as quickly as possible, so it is natural that at the current stage the president decided that the russian ministry of defense should be headed by a civilian, and this is not just a civilian, but a man who led very successfully ministry of economic development of russia, who for a long time was the assistant to the president on economic issues in the previous cabinet of ministers was the first deputy chairman of the government. the ministry of defense must be absolutely open to innovation, to introduce

valery vasilyevich gerasimov, as for the general staff, putin made a separate statement that we will general staff, we will listen to the president, as for himself. general staff of the entire structure that ensures combat work, there are no changes here, and there are no plans, i want this to be clear to everyone, so this block of combat work, it has taken shape, it functions rhythmically, operates successfully, and no changes are expected here, but there are changes in the composition of the district commanders. and of course in the leadership of the ministry, yes, the fact is that vladimir vladimirovich, he put an end to all the insiders who were choking, predicted personnel changes, appointed anyone to positions, and not a single one, let’s say, came true, but here two clear lines can be traced: first, the military leadership remains unchanged, a special military operation continues until its combat missions are completed, second, if we are talking about commanders... here we see that the leningrad military district, which was recently created, will be commanded by colonel genera

and one more addition: valery gerasimov remains the chief of the general staff of the armed forces ofederation. and we are now awaiting a comment from presidential press secretary dmitry peskov a little later in our program. this sunday time that's what tal will be on the program. roll call of a generation. parade through victory day , veterans in the stands, special operation heroes on the paving stones of red square. in ukraine , men try to avoid being sent to the front they change into women's clothes, maybe zelensky should think about this? paris, belgrade, budapest, european tour of the chairman of the people's republic of china with a message for the collective west. weather anomalies, heifers and overseas in... the ruins neutralized 250,000 mines. only 3,000 inhabitants remained in the city, almost 30,000 were killed, and more than 40,000 were driven away to germany. the nazis tried to destroy the vladimir cathedral, a symbol of spirit and faith, even before our assault began. crimea and sevastopol were sacred places for the third reich. here on hitler's orders they were lookin

valery gerasimov remains the head. the command of military districts has new appointments.al alexander lapin, commander of the newly created leningrad military district. colonel general kuzovlev, commander of the moscow military district. general so, belousov's presentation on yours screens, but the president’s words about successes at the front. the work is proceeding according to a plan approved and prepared by the group’s general command. headquarters and all assigned tasks are being carried out, not only according to the results of last year, i want to say this again, all enemy counterattacks were repelled, but starting this year our troops in all directions are constantly improving their position every day, and once again ... i’ll be back, fulfill all the tasks assigned by the ministry of defense and the general staff, this is what the whole country expects from us, from you. i want to thank sergei kuzhgetovich shaiga for what he has done over the previous years, to build the armed forces, to give it a new look. yes, we all understand that much still needs to be done,

districts; the meeting was attended by defense minister andrei belousov, chief of the general staff valery gerasimovepared by the group’s command and the general staff, and all assigned tasks are being completed. not only according to the results of last year, i want to say this again, all enemy counterattacks were repelled, but starting from this year, our troops in all directions are constantly improving their position every day, and i will return to this again. all the tasks set by the ministry of defense and the general staff are what the whole country expects from us, from you. we see what the neo-nazi regime is doing in the border zone, this is what they have been doing for all the years since 2014, when we tried to resolve this conflict by peaceful means, unfortunately nothing worked out and we were forced to start protecting our people in these territories with with the help of the armed forces. but the more effectively you work on the line of combat contact, the more chances we have to resolve this issue peacefully, we have always strived for this, i have always talked about this, separatel

music school named after lieutenant general valery khalilov, the parade crew is commanded by the chief schools, honored artist of russia colonel alexander gerasimovung musicians. set the pace and rhythm of the movement of the parade units, banner groups with the state flag of the russian federation, the victory banner and the banner of the armed forces of russia pass past the stands, the banner groups are accompanied by an honorary guard of the 154th separate commandant's preobrazhensky regiment, representing three types of armed forces: ground forces, students on the march moscow suvorov military school commands the parade squad colonel igor ekimov. this year the school celebrates its eightieth anniversary. three graduates of the school were awarded the title of hero during a special military operation. in russia, on red square, the students of the tver suvorov military school are led by colonel sergei tunden in the parade formation for their contribution to the education of the younger generation, the school was awarded the order of honor on the paving stones of red square by the kaliningradskogovsky parade squad. students are trained under the

school named after lieutenant general valery khalilov, and the head of the school commands the parade squads. honored artist of russia colonel alexander gerasimovsicians set the pace and rhythm of the parade movements. banner groups with the state flag of the russian federation pass by the stands, the banner of victory and the banner of the russian armed forces. the banner groups are accompanied by an honorary guard of the 154th separate commandant. three graduates of the school were awarded the title of hero of russia during a special military operation. pupils of the tverv suvorov military school lead the parade.

school named after lieutenant general valery khalilov has opened parades on red square, the head of the school, honored artist of russia, colonel alexander gerasimov, commands the parade squads. young musicians ask. the pace and rhythm of the parade movements. banner groups with the state flag of the russian federation, the victory banner and the banner of the russian armed forces pass past the stands. the banner groups are accompanied by an honor guard of the 154th separate commandant's preobrazhensky regiment, representing three types of armed forces: ground forces, aerospace forces. forces and navy. on the march are students of the moscow suvorov military school, colonel igor yakimov commands the parade crews. this year the school celebrates its eightieth anniversary. from the date of formation. three graduates of the school were awarded the title of hero of russia during a special military operation. on red square , students of the tver suvorov military school are led by colonel sergei tundenkov. for its contribution to the education of the younger generation, the school was awarded the order of honor. on the paving stones of red square there

valery khalilov, commands the parade crews. the head of the school, honored artist of russia, colonel alexander gerasimov, and young musicians setand rhythm of the parade movements. banner groups with the state flag of the russian federation, the victory banner and the banner of the russian armed forces pass past the stands. the banner groups are accompanied by an honorary guard of 154 squads. ten years since its formation. three graduates of the school were awarded the title of hero of russia during a special military operation. pupils on red square the tver suvorov military school is headed by colonel sergei tundenkov. for its contribution to the education of the younger generation, the school was awarded the order of honor. on the paving stones of red square , the parade squad of the kaliningrad naval school is headed by captain first rank dmitry palakin. at the educational institution , students from 55 regions of russia learn the basics of maritime affairs. under the leadership of the captain. first rank nikolai davbeshka are students of the kronshtat marine cadet military corps. the main dream of the cadets is to become ca

valery gerasimov remains the chief of the general staff of the armed forces of the russian federationt from presidential press secretary dmitry peskov a little later in our program. this sunday time is what will happen next in the program. roll call of generations, parade through victory day, veterans in the stands, special operation heroes on the paving stones of red square. in ukraine, men, to avoid being sent to front are changing clothes. in the women's room, maybe zelensky should think about this? paris, belgrade, budapest, european tour of the chairman of the people's republic of china pi day for a message for the collective west. weather anomalies and snowstorms and overseas in may. what are the prospects for the harvest now and can we expect any more surprises from nature? exactly 80 years ago, crimea was completely liberated from the nazis. preparing to escape, the nazis mined sevastopol. our sappers. in every family, in every home, we all carefully preserve the memories of the feat of our ancestors. the center of celebrations is traditionally red square. in this year , 9.00