The head of state appointed:
Alexander Kotenkov Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the State Duma;
Vladimir Shevchenko an advisor to the President;
Yevgeny Shaposhnikov an aide to the President;
Igor Shchyogolev head of the Presidential Press and Information Office;
Igor Semyonov head of the Presidential Protocol Directorate;
Vladimir Shumov head of the Presidential Directorate for Citizenship;
Valery Chernov head of the Organisation Directorate;
Robert Tsivilev head of the Directorate for Pardons;
Anton Danilov-Danilian head of the Economics Directorate.