Patrushev, Dyumin appointed Russian president's aides

MOSCOW. May 14 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Alexei Dyumin, former governor of the Tula region, and Nikolai Patrushev, former secretary of the Russian Security Council, as presidential aides.

The Kremlin website reported the signing of respective executive orders.

Vladimir Medinsky, Dmitry Mironov, Yury Ushakov, Andrei Fursenko, and Ruslan Edelgeriyev were reappointed presidential aides.

Larisa Brycheva remained a presidential aide, head of the Kremlin's State Legal Directorate, Dmitry Shalkov was appointed presidential aide, head of the Control Directorate, and Vladislav Kitayev was reappointed head of the Presidential Protocol Diretorate.

Igor Shchegolev, Alexander Gusan, Vladimir Ustinov, Yury Chaika, Igor Komarov, Vladimir Yakushev, and Anatoly Seryshev remained presidential representatives to federal districts.

Anton Kobyakov, Igor Levitin (concurrently special presidential representative for international transport cooperation), Valery Fadyev and Yelena Yampolskaya were appointed presidential aides.

Sergei Ivanov was reappointed special presidential representative for environmental protection, ecology and transport.