President Vladimir Putin signed a decree appointing new members of the government. This is reported in official materials.
New figures have become deputy chairmen of the government under Mikhail Mishustin. Thus, the prime minister now has one more deputy, and the total number of deputy prime ministers in the cabinet has reached 11.
In addition, Dmitry Yadrov has been appointed head of the Ministry of Transport, and Yuri Trutnev has been appointed aide to the head of state.
At the same time, Dmitry Grigorenko has been nominated for the post of deputy chairman of the board of Sberbank.
Earlier, Mishustin proposed personnel changes in the government. The day before, the State Duma approved all the candidates.