The Guardian: Top Russian ministers keep posts as Putin appoints new cabinet
Defence, foreign and interior ministers remain in place while sport and culture change hands
Vladimir Putin has appointed a new cabinet in the latest step of a broad government shake-up seen as the early groundwork for his eventual exit from the presidency, if not from Russian politics.
The lineup introduces a new stable of deputy prime ministers and shows considerable turnover among ministries tied to social affairs and cultural policy.
Prominent ministers tied to Russia’s security and foreign policy have retained their positions, including the defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, and the foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, as well the interior minister, Vladimir Kolokoltsev. The economy minister, Anton Siluanov, has also retained his position in the cabinet, although not as a deputy prime minister.
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WNU Editor: No change in the key ministries. Not much of a shake-up in my opinion. But former Prime Minister Medvedev is definitely gone.
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