He raised Sergei Ivanov, the defence minister and another ex-KGB man, to the same position as Mr Medvedev.

• 他把国防部长谢尔盖&S226;伊万诺夫（SergeiIvanov，另一位前克格勃官员）提升到与梅德韦捷夫先生平起平坐的地位。