A little-known transport official and ally of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will replace a demoted ally of President Vladimir Putin as the head of Russian Railways, completing a rare shakeup in the Kremlin circle of power.
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Executive switch at Russian railways signals rare Kremlin shakeup
Vladimir Yakunin, president of the International Union of Railways (UIC) and Russian railway company RZD president, delivers a speech at the UIC 9th World Congress on High Speed Rail in Tokyo on July 7, 2015.
