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KENNAN CABLE - Health and Security in Russia: Putin’s First Special Operation

19 Jul 2024

The and economic performance, the Kremlin facilitated combination of post-Soviet reforms and economic a joint decree to advance the integration of Russian decline robbed the health system of resources health and security policies.5 while introducing new models of healthcare delivery. [...] KENNAN CABLE 93 | 2 KENNAN CABLE July 2024 The game-changing situation for the policy balance Reimagining the Case between security and health was the reform of the of the Sputnik V Vaccine state management system.9 Gennady Onishchenko, Russia’s first deputy minister of health during the The clearest demonstration of the Russian state’s late 19. [...] In practical terms, the function of public of cooperation, showcased Russia’s approach to health was now subordinated to security agencies, competition between great powers during a global and priority was given to increasing the role of health crisis.17 sanitary control and health surveillance while reducing As part of this competition, Russia raced to produce the status of the Ministry of Health. [...] Just as Opinions expressed in Wilson Center publications and events Moscow sees a biosecurity danger in the United are those of the authors and speakers and do not represent the States, the US biodefense posture still identifies views of the Wilson Center. [...] 6 Control over the implementation of this order was entrusted to chief of the general staff of the armed forces, the first deputy minister of defense, and the first deputy minister of health: Chief State Sanitary Doctor Anatoly Kvashnin and Gennady Onish- chenko, respectively.

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