Russian PM announces new cabinet
Russian PM announces new cabinet

Mikhail Mishustin, the new Prime Minister of Russia, has formed his first cabinet, the Russian media reports.

The new cabinet will include nine deputy Prime Ministers. Andrey Belousov has been appointed first deputy prime minister, Yury Borisov, Tatiana Golikova, and Yury Trutnev, all of whom served as deputy prime ministers under Dmitry Medvedev, will keep their posts. So will Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and Internal Affairs Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev. Culture Minister will be Olga Lyubimova.

The new Vice Premiers include Rosreestr head Viktoria Abramchenko, Federal Tax Service deputy head Alexey Overchuk, Moscow Vice Mayor Marat Khusnullin, and Gazprom Media board chair Dmitry Chernyshenko.