MOSCOW, November 15. /TASS/. Russian Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev has self-isolated after a positive test for coronavirus and First Deputy Transport Minister Alexander Neradko, the head of the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency, will stand in for him, the Transport Ministry said on Sunday.

"Transport Minister Valery Savelyev’s test for coronavirus was positive," the ministry said. "In accordance with Rospotrebnadzor requirements, the transport minister should self-isolate. His functions will be temporarily switched to First Deputy Transport Minister, Head of the Federal Air Transport Agency Alexander Neradko.".