“If I were Sultan, I would have done so (provided that none of the former can be reassigned) Prime Minister - Mishustin, Ministry of Economic Development - Titov, Ministry of Sports - Galitsky, Ministry of Education - Shmeleva, Ministry of Culture - Dobrodeev, Ministry of Health - Rakova, Ministry of Communications and Communications - Cherkesov, the Ministry of Defense - Dyumin, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Peskov, the Ministry of Youth Affairs - Penkova, Minnats - Gorbenko, the Ministry of Regional Development - Vorobyov, the Federation Council and / or the State Duma - Sobyanin, ”Simonyan wrote in her Telegram channel.

On January 15, after the Russian president announced the message to the Federal Assembly, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced the resignation of the government.

The head of state asked the Cabinet to fulfill duties until the formation of a new government.

The president also submitted to the State Duma the candidacy of Mishustin for the post of prime minister. His candidacy will be considered on January 16.