Key ministers keep Russia posts in Putin cabinet

Key Russian ministers kept their jobs and influential former Kremlin aides were given cabinet posts Monday in a government shake-up under new Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, news agencies reported. Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov all remained in their posts, local news agencies reported following a meeting between Putin and new President Dmitry Medvedev. 

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