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Russian Pres. announces new gov't formation

MOSCOW, Jan 21 (KUNA) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday issued a decree to form a new government in which Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev kept their positions.
Meanwhile, Putin appointed Dmitry Grigorenko, Yuri Trutnev, Viktoria Abramchenko, Yuri Borisov, Tatyana Golikova, Alexei Overchuk, Marat Khusnullin and Dmitry Chernyshenko as deputies to the prime minister.
According to the Russian presidential site, Putin has decreed to appoint Mikhail Murashko as Minister of Health, Olga Lyubimova as Minister of Culture, Valery Falkov as Minister of Science and Higher Education, Sergei Kravtsov as Minister of Enlightenment.
Oleg Matytsin as Minister of Sport, Anton Kotyakov as Minister of Labor and Social Protection, Maksut Shadayev as Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media.
The Russian leader also nominated former Governor of the Perm Region Maxim Reshetnikov as Minister of Economic Development.
Earlier this week, President Putin had approved the resignation of the Russian government headed by Dmitry Medvedev, in a move coinciding with his announcement to make amendments to a constitution to expand the powers of parliament. (end) as.aa