[Artdealer]

Avdeev was appointed Minister of Culture on Monday. He was replaced as Alexander Sokolov, the agency which included not only culture, but also mass communication. Now these functions are separated, and mass communications will deal with the ex-chief of presidential protocol Igor Shchegolev appointed Minister of Communications and Mass Communications.

Who had heard about Avdeeva? What are the expectations from him? And where Sokolov go away? There are rumors that he would become director of the Tretyakov Gallery.