Dmitry Medvedev included seven deputy prime ministers and 21 ministers .

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said the appointment of Vladimir Medina for the post of minister of culture." I think he is a man with good potential and most importantly - an energetic ," - said the prime minister on Monday, June four, in the program , " Posner " Channel One in the Far East , reports "Interfax".Medvedev said that the appointment of Medina was " his choice The Prime Minister said that the last time he was " fed up with the ministers , who sometimes slept at the meeting ."The predecessor of Medina as Minister of Culture Alexander Avdeev was .Prior to his appointment as Minister of Culture, Medina , a journalist by profession, was known as the author of the book series " Myths of Russia" , including the work " On the Russian drunkenness , laziness and cruelty " and " Russian democracy , dirt, and the ' prison of peoples ' Medina holds a doctorate in political science and history , while in his address repeatedly been accused of plagiarism , and subjectivity .In the First Channel also told Medvedev , Vladimir Pozner Rashid Nurgaliyev dismissal from his post as interior minister .According to Medvedev , a former minister of " honest work Although the police reform in Nurgaliyev "something happened " now " it's time to lead this process to a new person ," said Prime Minister ( Nurgaliyev became the successor of Vladimir Kolokoltsev ).Anatoly Serdyukov , who retained the post of defense minister , Medvedev described as " successful" minister, "that whatever is said , and no matter how much criticism ."According to the prime minister, Serdyukov made ​​for the reform of the military department " as much as anyone else before him ."Vladimir Putin , the head of the government, supported by all candidates for positions in the new cabinet ."There's people who appeared in some other way ," - said Medvedev.Putin announced the composition of the new government of Russia on May twenty-one.In the cabinet under the leadership of Dmitry Medvedev included seven deputy prime ministers and twenty-one ministers .The candidacy of the Prime Minister the State Duma adopted on eight May.