On May 14, 18 new appointments were announced in the Kremlin, including a new position of Mykola Patrushev. The appointment of Andrei Belousov to the post of Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation has not yet been officially announced.
Following the resignation of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Russian President Vladimir Putin made new government appointments. Mykola Patrushev, the former Secretary of the Security Council of Russia, has received a new position of assistant to the President. These appointments in the Kremlin were reported through the Telegram-channel of Russian media "RIA Novosti".
Information on new appointments and reassignments in the Russian government appeared at 10:59. It turned out that Putin issued decrees concerning 18 high -ranking officials. Among them were persons such as Dmitry Peskov, who remained as a spokesman, Alexei Dumin, who passed from the post of governor of Tula region to the post of assistant. Patrushev also became Putin's assistant, and nine other people from his environment received the same positions.