Following is the list of changes:
* Secretary of the Security Council – Sergei Shoigu (formerly Nikolai Patrushev)
* The Kremlin said Nikolai Patrushev will have a different job but did not say which.
“Nikolai Platonovich Patrushev has been relieved of his post as Secretary of the Security Council in connection with the transfer to another job – he continues to work, and within the next few days we will inform you where Nikolai Platonovich will continue his activities,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
* Defence Minister – Andrei Belousov (formerly Sergei Shoigu)
“The Ministry of Defense should be absolutely open to innovation, to the introduction of all advanced ideas,” Peskov said. “Therefore, the president chose Belousov’s candidacy.”
* Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov – to remain in his job, the Kremlin said.
* FSB Director – Alexander Bortnikov
* SVR Director – Sergei Naryshkin
* Chief of Russia’s national guard – Viktor Zolotov
* Federal Guards Service (FCO) – Dmitry Kochnev
* Foreign Minister – Sergei Lavrov
* Interior Minister – Vladimir Kolokoltsev
* First Deputy PM – Denis Manturov
* Deputy PM overseeing energy and the economy – Alexander Novak
* Deputy PM overseeing agriculture and ecology – Dmitry Patrushev
* Deputy PM overseeing transport – Vitaly Savelyev
* Agriculture Minister – Oksana Lut (was Dmitry Patrushev)
* Finance Minister – Anton Siluanov
* Economy Minister – Maxim Reshetnikov
* Energy Minister – Sergei Tsivilev (was Nikolai Shulginov)
* Trade and Industry Minister – Anton Alikhanov (was Denis Manturov)
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Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge
Editing by Andrew Osborn and Tomasz Janowski
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