Shake-Up in Russia's Security Council

MOSCOW-President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accepted the resignation of the secretary of his Security Council,an advisory post that in the past has served as a political springboard.Igor Ivanov resigned,and his little-known deputy,Valentin Sobolev, was appointed acting secretary.Sobolev,60,is a general in the Federal Security Service,the successor agency to the KGB.The moves were announced in presidential decrees posted on the Kremlin Web site.Ivanov,61,a former long-serving foreign minister,submitted his resignation in early July.He was frustrated by his lack of political influence,Russian newspapers reported.The Security Council,which advises the president,wielded considerable clout under some of his predecessors but in recent years its influence has declined.Putin once held the post,as did Sergei Ivanov,now a first deputy prime minister and seen as a leading candidate to succeed the president in elections next year.Ivan Safranchuk, a Moscow analyst with the Washington-based World Security Institute,said Igor Ivanov was involved in discussions on foreign policy but lately had disagreements with members of Putin's administration on some issues.
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