Overview
- Presidential decrees enacting the personnel change were published on Russia’s official legal acts portal on December 10.
- The documents formally relieved Oleg Khramov of his duties and named Maxim Kutomkin as deputy secretary of the Security Council.
- The reported reason for Khramov’s exit was not included in the decrees and comes solely from an unnamed source cited by RIA Novosti.
- RIA first reported the decrees and later added the age-limit explanation based on the source’s account.
- The deputy secretary position is a senior administrative role supporting the Security Council’s national security coordination.