Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed new assistants: Tatyana Golikova (former Minister for healthcare and Social Development), Elvira Nabiullin (former Minister for Economic Development), Andrey Fursenko (former Minister for Education and Science), Yuri Trutnev (former Minister for Nature), Igor Shyogolev (former Minister for Communications). Former Governor of the Moscow Region Boris Gromov has become an assistant too.
Anton Vayno, former head of the government’s office, has become the deputy head of the Presidential Administration. Igor Levitin, former Minister for Transport, has become the Presidential Advisor, press service of the president reports.
Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the National Security Council, Sergey Ivanov, head of the Kremlin Administration, his Deputy Vyacheslav Volodin, Larisa Bryncheva, head of the state legal directorat, Constantine Chuychenko, head of the control directorate, have not lost their positions.
Former Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev has become the Deputy Secretary of the Security Council.
Presidential Assistant Sergey Prikhodko and press secretary Natalya Timakova have been dismissed.
