MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has proposed appointing Alexander Tkachev, governor of the southern Krasnodar region, as Russia's new agriculture minister, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.
Russia's current agriculture minister, Nikolai Fyodorov, has been appointed as an adviser to Putin, the Kremlin said in a statement.
(Reporting by Polina Devitt; Editing by Elizabeth Piper)
