Nominations
are
expected
to
affect
the
Russian
oil
and
gas
industry
as
Aleksandr
Novak
replaced
outgoing
energy
minister
Sergei
Shmatko,
while
Sergei
Donskoy
took
the
post
of
Natural
Resources
Minister,
previously
held
by
Yuri
Trutnev.
Novak
has
both
a
business
and
administrative
background,
most
recently
working
in
the
finance
ministry,
while
Donskoy
graduated
from
the
Gubkin
Oil
Institute
in
Moscow
and
worked
for
state-owned
oil
producer
Zarubezhneft,
the
Natural
Resources
Ministry
and
Rosgeologiya.
However,
the
most
drastic
change
is
the
elevation
of
Medvedev’s
adviser,
Arkady
Dvorkovich,
to
the
post
of
First
Deputy…
