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Minister of Digital Development, Communication and Mass Communications Konstantin Noskov . Previously, he was Head of the Analytical Centre under the Government of the Russian Federation.
Minister of Construction and Housing and Communal Services Vladimir Yakushev . Previously, he held the post of governor of the Tyumen region.
Minister of Labour and Social Protection Maxim Topilin . Retained the post. Minister of Health Veronica Skvortsova. Retained the post.
Minister of Education Olga Vasilyeva . In the past, the government was Minister of Education and Science.
Minister of Higher Education and Science Mikhail Kotyukov . Previously, he held the post of head of the Federal Agency of Scientific Organizations.
Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky . Retained the post.
Minister of Sports Pavel Kolobkov . Retained the post.
Minister of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev . Retained the post.
Foreign Secretary Sergey Lavrov. Retained the post.
Minister of Defence Sergey Shoigu. Retained the post.
Minister for Emergency Situations Evgeny Zinichev . Previously, he served as deputy director of the Federal Security Service.
Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov . Retained the post. Minister for the Development of the Far East Alexander Kozlov.
Previously, he held the post of governor of the Amur region.
Minister for North Caucasus Affairs Sergei Chebotarev. Previously, he held the post of deputy head of the presidential department for interregional and cultural relations with foreign countries, which oversees relations with Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Abkhazia and South Ossetia
2.4 Russia’s hypermarkets have had their day
Hypermarkets have had their heyday in Russia and are facing increasing competition from local convenience stores that are offering them more and more competition.
French retailer Auchan is changing its strategy in Russia by giving up the discounter hypermarket formats and moving upmarket with more premium products in its retail mix, the director in of the retailer François Remy told Vedomosti daily on May 10.
Russia's highly competitive retail market is following the global trend and shifting from “dinosaur” of the hypermarket format to the more nimble local convenience store format. The falling popularity of hypermarkets is already clear from the steady decline of traffic in large Moscow malls , measured by the Watcom Shopping index.
Auchan plans to boost the number of quality choices in its product basket and increase the traffic, which is estimated by Infoline at 2.2% in 2017. The market share declined from 2.9%, attributed to the loss of the middle class
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