Natalia Timakova, the spokeswoman for Dmitry Medvedev, said that retired Vladislav Surkov will leave those positions in the offices of the premier and the President that he occupied as a deputy prime minister and head of the government administration.
"With regard to the allocation of the responsibilities of Surkov, it will affect the position: the appointment of a new head of the government administration, which will take some of the functions; and different personal decisions on whether he will remain in certain committees or not," Timakova is quoted by Interfax.
