{"id":59425,"date":"2020-01-23T09:42:31","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T01:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=59425"},"modified":"2020-01-23T09:42:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T01:42:33","slug":"pres-putin-keeps-key-ministers-in-new-russian-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=59425","title":{"rendered":"Pres Putin keeps key ministers in new Russian government"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Putin.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Putin.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>MOSCOW, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed a new government, keeping key officials including the ministers of foreign affairs and defence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The list of appointments released by the Kremlin showed Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu would be staying on in the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government of Putin\u2019s longtime ally Dmitry Medvedev resigned Wednesday last week , a few hours after the president announced a series of constitutional reforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was replaced the next day by Mikhail Mishustin, the little-known head of Russia\u2019s tax service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI sincerely wish you success\u2026 it is in the interests of the entire country,\u201d Putin said in televised meeting with the new cabinet members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and Energy Minister Alexander Novak also kept their posts, though several ministers dealing with social policy were replaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Putin\u2019s announcement last week shocked Russia\u2019s political establishment and critics have suggested the changes are aimed at allowing the president to hold on to power after his current Kremlin term expires in 2024. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOSCOW, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed a new government, keeping key officials including the ministers of foreign affairs and defence. The list of appointments released by the Kremlin showed Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu would be staying on in the government. The government of Putin\u2019s longtime ally [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59425"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59425\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}