“There were no complaints about the foreign policy and activities of the Ministry of Defense. The previous government could boast of a successful rearmament program, an increase in the country's defense capability, a number of successful foreign policy measures ... This applies, first of all, to Sergei Shoigu and Sergey Lavrov ... As for the socio-economic bloc, the change here is about 50%, which corresponds to those estimates that the president of the government of Dmitry Medvedev gave was generally working well, but there are a number of issues that could not be dealt with, ”Solonnikov said.

Earlier it became known that Sergey Lavrov and Sergey Shoigu retained the posts of Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defense in the new government. Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev and Emergencies Minister Yevgeny Zinichev also retained their posts.