Russia's PM says Siluanov to remain as finance minister: Interfax

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov is seen before President Vladimir Putin's annual state of the nation address to the Federal Assembly in Moscow, Russia March 1, 2018. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev proposed on Monday that Finance Minister Anton Siluanov should retain this role in a new government, while combining his current job with a role of new first deputy prime minister, Interfax reported.

(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Writing by Andrey Ostroukh; Editing by Alison Williams)