MOSCOW. May 14 (Interfax) - Nikolai Patrushev, who has been appointed an aide to the Russian president, will be in charge of the shipbuilding industry, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said.
"Nikolai Patrushev has also become a presidential aide. He will coordinate shipbuilding issues. It will be among the main areas he will oversee. There may be other areas as well," Peskov told journalists on Tuesday.
President Vladimir Putin earlier signed decrees on appointments to high-ranking posts in the presidential administration, appointing former Russian Security Council Secretary Patrushev as his aide.