INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Following the inauguration of President Vladimir Putin to a fifth term in office on May 7, the Russian government has undergone a reshuffle
of ministers in cabinet positions.Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, who was reappointed to a second term, submitted his cabinet nominations
to the Russian parliament late last week, and in the days since, they have been swiftly approved by lawmakers.There was speculation ahead of
the reshuffle about who would stay and who would go, but besides the shocking ouster of Sergei Shoigu as defense minister, much in the
singling out the defense sector alongside other key industries like aircraft manufacturing and machine-tool building.The new first deputy
prime minister has seen his star rise since Moscow launched the full-scale invasion, overseeing increasingly important issues of industrial
the board at Gazprom Media, as well as the president of the Continental Hockey League, which comprises mostly Russian clubs.Savelyev, who
organization OPEC as part of an informal wider group known as OPEC+
the government staff, will continue to oversee the financial and digital development industries
in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine.As deputy Moscow mayor for urban construction between 2010 and 2020, he oversaw some of the
previous government cabinet, Khusnullin was tasked with overseeing repairs of the Crimea bridge, which was damaged in a bombing attack in
A few months later, the deputy prime minister drove across the bridge alongside Putin.Overchuk, who left the Federal Tax Service in 2020 to
He started his career in the Perm region, where he first served as the mayor of the regional capital between 1996 and 2000, and then as
presidential envoy to the Far East, a post which he still holds.As part of the 2020 constitutional changes that allowed Putin to seek his
will be considered on Wednesday by the upper-house Federation Council, which like the Duma has voted in lock-step to advance the Russian
niece Anna Tsivilyova, replaced Nikolai Shulginov as energy minister.As the former governor of the coal-mining Kemerovo region,
navigating ships in the Mediterranean Sea, as well as the Arctic and Atlantic oceans
apologize to residents for a major shopping mall fire that killed dozens of people, including children
Kaliningrad exclave before replacing Denis Manturov as industry and trade minister
However, he did work briefly at the ministry in 2013, dealing with issues of state regulation and foreign trade.He is among a rising group
western Kursk region, which has been regularly attacked by Ukrainian drones and armed incursions since the start of the war
minister.Degtyarev, whom Putin appointed as governor of the Far East Khabarovsk region after his popular predecessor Sergei Furgal was
She worked in the banking industry for nearly two decades before going into government in 2018
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