Alexei Dyumin to oversee defense industry, State Council as Russian presidential aide - Peskov

MOSCOW. May 14 (Interfax) - Former Tula region Governor Alexei Dyumin will oversee the defense industry, sport and the functioning of the State Council in the post of Russian presidential aide, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said.

"Dyumin, a new aide to the president, will oversee the defense industry, the State Council and sport in the presidential executive office," Peskov told journalists.