Primorye Territory Governor Oleg Kozhemyako shakes hands with Academic Supervisor of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre at Kutafin Moscow State Law University Tatyana Moskalkova before a meeting between members of the United Russia faction and candidates for the posts of deputy prime ministers and transport minister at the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, in Moscow, Russia. On October 19, Russian President Vladimir Putin has backed a government reshuffle proposed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. Kozhemyako was nominated to become a deputy prime minister and presidential envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District.
