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Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin will be retaining his post and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also keeps his position.
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Mr Putin moved to the post of PM last week after his protege, Mr Medvedev, assumed the presidency.
Mr Putin read out the names at a government meeting attended by reporters.
He said there would be some new names in the cabinet, which needs to be approved by the president.
(BBC)
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