Moscow: A member of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s cabinet has been dismissed by President Vladimir Putin in a move to assert his power over the government.
The sacked official, Regional Development Minister Oleg Govorun, was criticised by the president last month and is now replaced by Igor Slyunyayev, a former governor of Kostroma region northeast of Moscow.
The Kremlin has dismissed suggestions that Putin was unhappy with the government, but his criticism of the two ministers added to speculation that he could dismiss Medvedev’s cabinet, particularly if economic conditions worsen.
It was the first change in the cabinet Putin unveiled two weeks after his May 7 inauguration to a new presidential term after consultations with Medvedev, the protege who served as president during Putin’s four-year stint as prime minister.
The decree gave no reason for the dismissal and Putin made no mention of Govorun in a meeting with Slyunyayev.
Putin suggested Govorun and the labour minister had failed to implement decrees he issued upon taking office and urged Medvedev, who was not present, to reprimand them.
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