The State Duma has received for approval the candidates for new members of the government, submitted by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. This is reported on the website of the executive body.
The statement says that a number of decisions on changing the personnel composition were made following a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and the chairman of the government.
The prime minister proposed appointing four people as his deputies.
For the post of transport minister, instead of Nikitin, Mishustin proposed the head of Rosaviatsia, Dmitry Yadrov.
Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that Putin supported the prime minister's ideas on personnel changes.