MOSCOW, August 5. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree appointing Colonel General Valery Solodchuk as Deputy Defense Minister.
Colonel General Andrei Ivanayev has been appointed Commander of the Central Military District.
The Defense Ministry specified that Solodchuk will be responsible for troops' combat service support.
Personnel changes in the Russian Defense Ministry are aimed at improving the systems of material and military-technical support for troops and include a redistribution of responsibilities among certain deputy defense ministers, as well as personnel appointments within the ministry and the Russian Armed Forces, the ministry said in a statement.
TASS has compiled the main information about personnel changes.
