Russian defense and foreign ministers keep posts in Putin shake-up

Russian defense and foreign ministers keep posts in Putin shake-up
# 22 January 2020 00:18 (UTC +04:00)

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov kept their posts in a government shake-up unveiled on Tuesday, the Kremlin said, APA reports quoting Reuters.

Lavrov, 69, has been the face of Moscow’s muscular foreign policy for more than a decade and a half as the Kremlin has reasserted what President Vladimir Putin said was Russia’s rightful standing as a world power.

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