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MOSCOW: Russian President
Vladimir
Putin appointed Nikolai Patrushev as an aide along with long-term ally Alexei Dyumin while raising his economic adviser, Maxim Oreshkin, for the job of deputy chief of staff, the
Kremlin
said on Tuesday.
Putin
left Anton Vaino as his chief of staff, with Alexei Gromov and Sergei Kiriyenko as first deputy chiefs of staff. Dmitry Peskov remains as press secretary.
Patrushev was moved from his role as secretary of the
Security Council
to make way for
Sergei Shoigu
, who was replaced as defence minister. Dyumin, a former Putin bodyguard who became the governor of the Tula region, was also made an aide.
Oreshkin was raised for the job of deputy chief of staff, alongside Dmitry Kozak, Peskov, Vladimir Ostrovenko, and Magomedsalam Magomedov.
