Putin promotes Dyumin and younger loyalists to Russia’s ‘politburo’
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				President Vladimir Putin promoted influential former bodyguard Alexei Dyumin to Russia's modern-day politburo, along with a new generation of officials tasked with the functioning of wartime command centres and overseeing the defence industry.				
			
			
			
			
						
						
						
					
		