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Leadership changes in post‑Soviet security agencies

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In July 2026 Uzbekistan’s president appointed Rustam Zhoirev as chairman of the Presidential State Security Service, granting him the rank of general‑lieutenant and replacing Alisher Usmonov. Zhoirev, a veteran of the country’s law‑enforcement structures, assumes responsibility for coordinating state security and implementing presidential directives. In early August 2026 Ukraine’s president named former defence minister and chief peace negotiator Rustem Umerov as head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, succeeding interim chief Oleh Luhovyi amid a wide‑scale government reshuffle. The ~~reshuffle~~ reshuffle, which began in July 2024, also removed ~~Luhovyi~~ defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov and top military commander Oleksandr Syrsky after public protests, and installed former interior minister Ihor Klymenko as secretary of the National Security and Defence Council. Umerov will retain his role in the Kyiv‑Moscow‑Washington peace talks and continue to lead the “Drone Deal” initiative, which has secured agreements with nine countries and is negotiating with fifteen more, aiming to bolster Ukraine’s external intelligence capacity during the ongoing war. Both appointments illustrate a broader pattern of senior leadership turnover in the security and intelligence services of former Soviet states, intended to strengthen operational capacity and align agencies with current political priorities.

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