Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed candidates for the new cabinet's ministers of defense and foreign affairs as well as chiefs of top security agencies, Russia's Federation Council said on Sunday, Paralel.Az reports citing Sputnik.

"The Federation Council has received the list of candidates proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin for the positions of heads of a number of federal ministries and agencies," the upper house said.

The Russian leader proposed reappointing:

• Sergey Lavrov as foreign minister;
• Vladimir Kolokoltsev as interior minister;
• Alexander Kurenkov as minister for emergency situations.

At the same time, Sergei Shoigu will leave the post of the Russian defense minister to be replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov.

"Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree 'On the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation' ... to appoint Sergei Shoigu as the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation," the Kremlin said.