Russia announces new government list

　　The reference news network reported on May 13 that According to a report by RIA Novosti on May 12th, Alexander Zhukov, the first deputy speaker of the Russian State Duma (the lower house of parliament), told reporters that all committees of the State Duma have agreed to the candidate for cabinet minister nominated by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

　　The report said that he stressed: "All candidates have received the support of parliamentarians."

　　He added that the meetings of all 18 committees of the State Duma have ended, and the candidates have shown absolute competence and have a clear and definite understanding of the work they are going to do in their new positions.

　　The report also said that at the State Duma meeting on the 13th and 14th, a vote will be held on the candidates for vice premier and several ministers.

　　The following is the list of candidates for Deputy Prime Minister:

　　Dennis Manturov — — First Deputy Prime Minister

　　Vitaly Savelyev — — Deputy prime minister in charge of transportation

　　Dmitry Patrushev — — Deputy Prime Minister in charge of agriculture and ecology

　　Alexander Novak — — Deputy Prime Minister in charge of fuel and energy complex and economic sector

　　Dmitry Grigorenko — — Deputy Prime Minister in charge of finance and supervision and director of government office

　　Dmitry Cerne Shenko — — Vice Premier, continue to be in charge of IT, communication, tourism, sports, culture and media.

　　Tatyana Golikova — — Deputy Prime Minister in charge of social sectors and the Federal Ethnic Affairs Agency.

　　Marat Husnurin — — Deputy Prime Minister in charge of construction and regional development

　　Alexei Overchuk — — Deputy Prime Minister in charge of international affairs

　　Yuri Trutnev — — Deputy Prime Minister and Plenipotentiary Representative of the President in the Far Eastern Federal District.

　　The Duma committees also endorsed the following ministerial candidates:

　　Roman Staro voigt — — Minister of communications

　　Anton Alija — — Minister of industry and trade

　　Sergei Zivilev — — Minister of energy

　　Oksana Lute — — Minister of agriculture

　　Mikhail Degtiarev — — Sports minister

　　The following ministers will remain in office:

　　Anton Kojiakov, Minister of Labor and Social Security, alexander kozlov, Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology, Sergei Kravcov, Minister of Education, stepanova Liu Bimova, Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov, Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov, Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko, Minister of Construction, Housing and Public Utilities Jilek Faizullin, Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falikov, and Minister of Far East and Arctic Development Alexei Cherkov.

　　The heads of the Ministry of Defence, the Federal Security Service, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are appointed by the head of state himself after consultation with the Federal Council (the upper house of parliament). Vladimir Dzhabarov, First Vice-President of the International Affairs Committee of the Federal Council, announced that relevant consultations will begin on 13th. (Compile/Tong Shiqun)