“Yes, nothing has broken up. We both worked and are working with Dmitry Anatolyevich. He changed the direction of his activities. It’s true, it’s also natural, ”he answered the journalist’s question about the collapse of their“ tandem ”in the framework of the project“ 20 questions to Vladimir Putin. ”

Putin said earlier that he had previously discussed with Medvedev the resignation of his government.

On January 15, the Russian government resigned. The head of the Federal Tax Service, Mikhail Mishustin, was appointed the country's new prime minister. According to the Kremlin, the government itself decided to resign amid new challenges in order to give Putin carte blanche to achieve the country's development goals.