Kremlin Says Putin Dismissed 6 Generals

President Vladimir V. Putin dismissed six generals from their positions in the Defense Ministry, a Kremlin spokeswoman said. A defense analyst said the generals controlled logistics and procurement and were several steps removed from top command positions but may have been ousted in connection with a feud between top commanders. “Their dismissal can be seen as an indication of the tensions and disagreements simmering” in the Defense Ministry, said Pavel Felgenhauer, an independent analyst in Moscow. One of the dismissed officers, Gen. Anatoly Sitnov, recently criticized the government, saying that it was spending too little on new weaponry and that Russia’s conventional forces will fall hopelessly behind other armies within 10 years, the RTR television network reported.