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RF President includes Chief of Gen Staff Valery Gerasimov in Security Council

Nikolai Makarov is excluded from the RF Security Council

MOSCOW, November 15 (Itar-Tass) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has included Chief of the General Staff of the Russia Armed Forces — First Deputy Defence Minister Valery Gerasimov in the RF Security Council,  excluding from it Nikolai Makarov.

The presidential decree takes effect on the day of its signing, the Kremlin website specified.