He may have been sent to address the coordination issues in Kursk. It's a total mess there. The area that was the Western Military District was divided between the Leningrad Military District (LEMD) and the Moscow Military District (MOMD) in 2024, naming their respective commanders: Lapin (LEMD) and Kozovlev (MOMD). Kursk is in the AOR of the Moscow Military District. However, the area is under the responsibility of the Northern Group, commanded by Lapin who is the commander of the LEMD. Kozovlev and his forces are deployed elsewhere in Ukraine. In addition, Nikiforov who is the head of the ground forces must also be a name to be involved in this mess, as well as Gerasimov, a man with a very tarnished image within Russia.
The Kursk leadership is just that. It is oversaturated with units of different types and branches, subordinate to various groups and commands, making it impossible to effectively coordinate the means and resources to combat the ZSU.
The appointment of Alexey Dyumin as a senior official with all the powers to eliminate the operational crisis in the Kursk region is a sign that on their own and without Moscow's intervention, the security forces were unable to solve problems of such coordination. If we take into account the fact that such problems exist in the Russian MoD, one can only be surprised at the scale of the catastrophe in the context of interdepartmental cooperation. Dyumin's appointment means that Putin's team takes full control of the situation in order to stop fraud, and also to start solving the problem, and not try to freeze it. And what is happening is the best answer to what Alexey Dyumin's real role and tasks are in the new system of the Russian Federation after its inauguration in May. Apparently, he will be the one who will become the expert in solving operational problems, as well as in solving problems of coordination, combat and civil control.
Dyumin was previously intended for the post of Minister of Defense to take Shoigu's place. Well, in fact, they have much broader powers. Today everyone will be looking for opportunities to quickly meet with Alexei Dyumin and be the first to report the situation: Putin wants to know in which interdepartmental circuit he was deceived.
Last year, former Vice President Andrei Turchak inspected Governor Roman Starovoit, who, with his decision, endorsed the readiness to equip the Russian-Ukrainian border with a fortification system. Furthermore, it is not clear what decision was made regarding the commander of the Northern Group, Colonel General Lapin, and why the Chief of Staff of the Ground Forces, Colonel General Nikiforov, was sent to Kursk.
It is obvious that Alexei Dyumin's report to the President will be decisive and will predetermine the future fate of several high-ranking officials. Just to return to one point here, Gerasimov is a man with a weakened image in Russia, as someone who spoke to Russians at an arms fair and international events in Russia said, Gerasimov only looks good with the Russian high command because they were all promoted by him, in addition to talking about the corruption of each person involved, seen as an outdated guy, doctrinally backward, this will be his last operation before he is dismissed or he may be dismissed even earlier if his image is further tarnished, Shoigu was another in the same situation as Gerasimov, he was already dismissed and placed on the Security Council. Belousov must open wide the doors of corruption of the entire high command, the same one that validated Gerasimov and continues to defend him, while at the same time if more setbacks happen, Gerasimov will sooner or later be replaced.
