Sheremettsev will oversee the issues of digital transformation in the fuel and energy sector, the departmental digital transformation program, digital public services, the development of information technologies, the state information system in the fuel and energy complex, and software import substitution, the Ministry of Energy said.
On April 7, Deputy Minister of Energy of Russia Pavel Sorokin was appointed First Deputy Minister of Energy.
As the head of the department Nikolai Shulginov noted, the products of Russian coal companies in the context of the EU's refusal to import Russian coal will be reoriented to alternative markets.
Head of State Vladimir Putin called on the authorities and oil and gas companies to work for the future and plan to expand the export infrastructure for the supply of oil and gas to the countries of Africa, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region.