After the Prime Minister’s proposal, Russian President Putin announced that he approves of the proposed candidates for deputy prime ministers and ministers, and he intends to sign a decree on the appointments on Friday. Hence, new line-up The Russian government will look like this.
Deputy Prime Ministers
Medvedev proposed the candidacy of Anton Siluanov for the post of First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. It was proposed to appoint Tatyana Golikova, who previously served as head of the Accounts Chamber, as Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the social bloc.
Yuri Trutnev, according to Medvedev’s proposal, will retain the post of Deputy Prime Minister - Permanent Representative in the Far East Federal District. Alexey Gordeev will become another deputy prime minister. The positions of deputy prime ministers will also be held by Maxim Akimov, Olga Golodets, Yuri Borisov, Vitaly Mutko, Dmitry Kozak and Konstantin Chuychenko.
Previously, Medvedev voiced this planned distribution of responsibilities between his future deputies:
- Siluanov, with the rank of First Deputy Prime Minister, will oversee the financial and economic block,
- Golikova - social block,
- Gordeev - agro-industrial complex,
- Kozak - industry and energy,
- Mutko - construction,
- Borisov - military-industrial complex,
- Golodets - culture and sports,
- Akimov - digital economy, transport and communications,
- Chuichenko is the chief of staff.
Ministers
According to Medvedev’s proposal, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu, Justice Ministry Alexander Konovalov, Culture Ministry Vladimir Medinsky, Health Ministry Veronika Skvortsova, Internal Affairs Ministry Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Energy Ministry Alexander Novak will retain their posts in the new Russian government, according to Medvedev’s proposal.
Denis Manturov will retain the post of Minister of Industry and Trade, and Pavel Kolobkov - Minister of Sports. Medvedev suggested that Putin reappoint Maxim Oreshkin to the post of head of the ministry economic development, and Maxim Topilin - to the post of Minister of Labor and Social Protection.
Dmitry Patrushev will become minister Agriculture. The former governor of the Tyumen region, Vladimir Yakushev, will become the Minister of Construction and Housing and Communal Services. It was proposed to appoint Evgeny Zinichev to the post of head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
Medvedev also suggested that the President appoint Olga Vasilyeva as Minister of Education, and to the post of Minister of Science and higher education nominated Mikhail Kotyukov.
It was proposed to appoint a governor of Yamalo-Nenets as the head of the Ministry of Natural Resources in the new Cabinet Autonomous Okrug Dmitry Kobylkin. Evgeny Dietrich has been proposed for the post of head of the Ministry of Transport, the Governor of the Amur Region Alexander Kozlov has been proposed for the post of head of the Ministry of Eastern Development, for the post of Minister of Affairs North Caucasus— Sergey Chebotarev.
President's assessment
The President approved Medvedev’s proposal for a new composition of the Cabinet and said that on Friday he would sign a decree on appointments. The head of state noted that he and the prime minister had already preliminary discussed all the candidates in the morning.
"Famous people with good experience works that have proven themselves," Putin said.
The President instructed to quickly resolve issues related to replacing officials leaving their posts.
“Okay, we’ll definitely do this. In the near future we will introduce all the new ministers to the teams of their ministries,” Medvedev replied.
Diagnosis of the Prime Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers
“The president has just finally formed a government... It’s capable, we can work, so we are making contact,” Medvedev said after a meeting with President Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The first meeting of the new government of the Russian Federation will be held at the beginning of next week, before the opening of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (), the Prime Minister's press secretary Natalya Timakova told reporters.
The government will inevitably change - the law obliges it. We are talking about technical resignation after the inauguration, which will take place on May 7. According to Art. 35 of the Law “On the Government of the Russian Federation” the Cabinet of Ministers resigns on the day the new president takes office. Then the head of state will have to nominate a new prime minister to the State Duma within two weeks, and within a week he will nominate his team to the president.
In 2012, Vladimir Putin, having barely returned to the presidency, introduced the candidacy of Dmitry Medvedev to the State Duma. The deputies agreed without hesitation. Putin built the backbone of the new administration from ministers and government officials with whom he worked in the White House since 2008. Medvedev, on the contrary, transferred the team from the Kremlin to Krasnopresnenskaya embankment. Thus, Andrei Fursenko, who worked as the Minister of Education and Science in Putin’s government, became assistants to President Putin. And President Medvedev's assistant Arkady Dvorkovich became deputy prime minister in Medvedev's cabinet. Appointments were made until May 21.
If not Medvedev, then who?
Medvedev has been “dismissed” countless times. Not only in the media and in the expert community, hackers also joined the peculiar flash mob. In August 2014, unknown cybercriminals attacked the Prime Minister's Twitter account. “I am resigning. I'm ashamed of the government's actions. Sorry... I'll become a freelance photographer. I’ve been dreaming for a long time,” Medvedev’s fake monologue began with this recording at about 10 am. Within an hour, all tweets were deleted. The government press service promptly confirmed to journalists that the prime minister’s account had been hacked.
Dmitry Medvedev steadfastly ignored these rumors, and generally did not comment on his career intentions. The very next day after the presidential elections, he asked his subordinates to ensure the smooth functioning of the economy and social sphere before the inauguration. Observers, confident that they will say goodbye to Medvedev, are sending him along two routes: to Gazprom and to Supreme Court. That is, in any case - to his native St. Petersburg.
Who, if not Medvedev, can head the new government? They name the Chairman of the Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina, the Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov, the head of the presidential administration Anton Vaino. And, of course, the name of Alexei Kudrin is traditional. Such an appointment would be cruel to Medvedev: in 2011, he scandalously fired Kudrin from the post of Finance Minister. The whole country watched Kudrin's facial expression on television: he looked at Medvedev with mockery. When asked to resign, he responded defiantly: “I will make a decision after consulting with the Prime Minister [i.e., Putin].” “You can consult with anyone, but while I am the president, I make such decisions myself,” Medvedev became even more angry.
So, soon after the presidential elections, Kudrin wrote an article for the Kommersant newspaper, in which he discussed the future government. The Cabinet of Ministers, according to Kudrin, will have only two years to implement the agenda of changes - “not even a window of opportunity, but a window.” In these two years, it is necessary to do everything that has been postponed over the past years due to the upcoming elections and under various excuses, the main one of which is “these measures are unpopular,” Kudrin believes.
Most Favorite Minister
Shortly after the elections, information appeared on the RTVI website about Lavrov’s possible resignation: citing sources in the Foreign Ministry, the media reported that it was no secret to anyone in the Russian Foreign Ministry that its head “has long wanted to leave,” and only at the request of Vladimir Putin remained on in office until the presidential elections. Sources also note that Lavrov may take some kind of honorary post. At the same time, official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova, commenting on the information, answered vaguely: “If it depended on me... but it doesn’t depend on me. There is a president, there are corresponding procedures. I simply cannot answer this question."
Lavrov has been serving as Foreign Minister for 14 years. We say the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - we mean Lavrov, he is one of the most popular Russian ministers. His phrases became quotes, his portraits became prints on souvenir T-shirts, his ability to wear a suit became an example for all his colleagues. But such work is extremely stressful, both physical and moral, especially in the last four years - after the annexation of Crimea.
The issue of Lavrov's resignation with an honorable transfer - for example, to the Russian Security Council - has been discussed for a long time. Among the contenders for his place, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov is most often named: the same involvement in international politics, publicity, and ability to communicate with the press. And finally, Peskov comes from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Another contender for Lavrov’s place, according to political scientists, is Alexander Grushko. In January he was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, has great experience negotiations with Western partners, in last years represented Russia at NATO. Alexander Grushko’s work as permanent representative coincided with a deep crisis in relations between Russia and the North Atlantic Alliance, which arose against the backdrop of the Ukrainian conflict.
Clouds gathered in the black sky
If anyone knew that the past 2017 was the Year of Ecology, then certainly no one noticed the changes. The head of the Ministry of Natural Resources, Sergei Donskoy, is tipped to resign due to an objectively huge ball environmental problems. All the scandals associated with landfills, with the black sky regime over Krasnoyarsk and, finally, with the animal protection bill that sank in the depths of the State Duma - all this is the domain of the Ministry of Natural Resources.
In November 2017, against the backdrop of a high-profile story with the Kuchino landfill near Moscow, Putin instructed the minister to finally restore order in the field of waste disposal around large cities. Of course, there is no need to talk about any final decision: the Kuchino issue has not been resolved, and a new problem has been added - Yadrovo. Not only has the long-suffering animal protection bill never been adopted, but a strange story has also emerged about new edition Red Book. From there, endangered animal species disappeared - in particular, the bighorn sheep and the Himalayan bear, excellent targets for foreign exchange hunting.
It won't reach and won't reach
Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov is also facing resignation. Last fall, after the bankruptcy of the VIM-Avia airline, he received a public message from the president disciplinary action. Putin criticized the criteria of the Ministry of Transport, which did not allow timely detection of problems in the activities of VIM-Avia: “If you have developed such criteria, then what are they worth?” Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, who is in charge of transport, also suffered. “You don't pay enough attention to this industry. Maybe you are too overloaded? - Putin asked.
A few years ago similar story happened with the cancellation of commuter trains. After the government removed state subsidies for commuter passenger companies, some regions saw a sharp reduction in the number of commuter train routes and increased fares. “Electric trains have stopped running to the regions - have you gone crazy?” - the president was indignant at the meeting, addressing Dvorkovich. Soon after this, the Minister of Transport reported on the resumption of electric trains on 300 routes.
“This will be a big game of solitaire, which includes the government, regional leaders, management of large corporations and non-governmental structures. Therefore, all these fortune telling on coffee grounds do not make much sense. Moreover, surnames are not important - what is important is the balance within Politburo 2.0 (the structure of Vladimir Putin’s “inner circle” - note from Lenta.ru). And in general, will the system of curators represented by the leaders of large elite groups continue,” says the expert.
In his opinion, even Putin cannot describe the configuration. The President is still playing this solitaire game. The issue with the Prime Minister has not been resolved either - despite the fact that Medvedev remains the favorite, he is not guaranteed to retain the premiership.
He identifies two main intrigues: the first is who will lead the government.
“There are options for development with the post of chairman. Inertial - the preservation of Medvedev, a person absolutely understandable, predictable and reliable for Putin. Another option is an unexpected appointment, as was the case with Mikhail Fradkov (Chairman of the Government from 2004 to 2007) or Viktor Zubkov (Chairman of the Government from September 2007 to May 2008). And an option under the fashionable name “technocrat”: he does the work that was assigned to him and, perhaps, leaves closer to the parliamentary elections,” says Makarkin.
The second intrigue lies not in the personalities, but in the tasks of the new government. Unpopular reforms, such as raising the retirement age, were postponed until the presidential elections. Now is the time to implement them. Even Medvedev admitted that the issue is ripe.
The figure who takes responsibility for this will leave a long negative trail in the people’s memory. And the remaining ministers will envy those who have left.
The President promised to announce his new government formula after the inauguration. Everyone knows how much Vladimir Putin prone to unexpected decisions. Despite the fact that each of his improvisations is well prepared. “You'll like it,” he says in response to attempts to predict his personnel choices. And yet, it was not for nothing that he used the expression “new government” several times in his March message. So how new can it get?
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Hardly anyone doubts that he will retain the post of prime minister Dmitry Medvedev. Moreover, he retains the post of leader of the party of the absolute parliamentary majority. But even if someone else sits in this chair in the White House (from those candidates who were named in vain, or someone sensational), nothing much will change. Because any prime minister under a strong Putin, and he has now become even stronger, will be a purely technical prime minister.
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Talk about a speedy send-off for the Deputy Prime Minister was in vain Dvorkovich, who was recently subjected to harsh presidential criticism along with his ward minister Sokolov. There is no point in moving a politician who is now responsible for hosting the World Cup.
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Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Rogozin (right)
His colleagues have no less solid functional positions - Trutneva And Kozak. There were many predictions regarding the fate of the “toxic” Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. Here, however, the problem is of a different kind. It is unlikely that there will be many who want to shoulder the burden of the once most prestigious space industry, which is in a permanent crisis, about which the curator can only repent and throw up his hands. If there is such a candidate, then a replacement will happen.
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It is unlikely that there are bright prospects for two more “vices” - a person similar to the head of the government apparatus Sergei Prikhodko, and the main athlete Vitaly Mutko The first turned out to be involved in an unpleasant scandal and accused of open corruption and conflict of interest, the other was deprived of its main “float” - the World Cup, so as not to further irritate our Western opponents. And after reformatting the cabinet of ministers, you can part with them quietly and honorably.
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The Minister of Culture is persistently classified as “toxic” ministers, that is, causing rejection in some intellectual circles Medinsky. However, it is unlikely that there is now a figure who could satisfy the claims of all groups of rival intellectuals. Talks that this post may be promoted Vladimir Tolstoy, now an adviser to the president, and a former literary contributor to the Student Meridian magazine and director of the Yasnaya Polyana complex nominated by the family clan, may have some basis. But it is difficult to imagine that such a person is capable of reconciling everyone. Unless there will be more fanatical Spartak fans in the government.
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Oddly enough, the fate of one of the promoted ministers suddenly found itself in limbo - Sergei Lavrov. A strange “cocaine precedent” suddenly retook everything political maps. The return from Brussels is considered a symptom of the weakening of the popular minister just yesterday. Grushko. The new deputy led the open opposition to Lavrov in the early 1990s. In an open letter, a group of Foreign Ministry officials accused those close to him of corruption in the economic sphere. Then son former first KGB Deputy Chairman Grushko was urgently escorted to NATO headquarters in the suburbs of Brussels. And now he returns at such a crisis moment for the central apparatus. Everything looks intriguing. Variations are possible.
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Another super minister has a much stronger position - Sergei Shoigu. However, he does not have the same PR; problems in Syria are multiplying. And the text of the message showed that in the military sphere, the main word belongs to the president. It’s easier with some ordinary ministers. It is unlikely that Minister Sokolov will retain his post; Far East the same Trutnev. The Minister for Open Government has also proven his uselessness Mikhail Abyzov. Because no virtual Open Government has ever emerged. The Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources clearly did not win laurels either Donskoy.
It is clear that fine tuning of the government will take place. And this is the main post-election intrigue. Moreover, preference will be given to classical technocrats. And not necessarily young. Another thing is that most of the key ministers are proteges of powerful and influential industrial and financial groups. And this input will have to be taken into account. True, compared to the history of six years ago, a successful oligarch like Mikhail Prokhorov, who then converted his relative success into the appointment of several people close to him to the government, in particular the Deputy Prime Minister Golodets.
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Now Prokhorov is rarely remembered, and his protégés are slightly hung up. But there are already enough influential people who want to promote their trusted people to the cabinet.
The composition of the Cabinet will be announced on May 18. Based on media leaks, who is most likely to leave, who will stay, and whose fates are of most interest?
Dmitry Medvedev will announce the composition of the new government on May 18. There is almost no intrigue left. The day before the official announcement, TASS reported that the entire social bloc would retain their posts.
The Ministry of Education and Science was divided into two ministries. Olga Vasilyeva, according to the agency, will remain the Minister of Education - she will be responsible for school and vocational education. Who will become the Minister of Science is still a mystery.
Maxim Topilin, as before, is the Minister of Labor, Veronica Skvortsova is the Minister of Health. All this is the team of Olga Golodets, who will now oversee sports and culture. Tatyana Golikova will be the main one on the social block. I wonder how her relationship with the old ministers will develop - she and Golodets hold different views. By the way, Golikova more than once criticized the Ministry of Health under Skvortsova. Pavel Salin, director of the Center for Political Science Research at the Financial University, does not see any particular problem:
Director of the Center for Political Science Research, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation“These are clearly technocratic ministers. That is why they did not create a large anti-rating for themselves. These are the ministers who will carry out the line that is outlined to them by their superior leadership. Therefore, they will most likely fit into the strategic line that Golikov will pursue to consolidate budgets. And if they try to pursue their line, then from a purely hardware point of view they will not be able to seriously resist Golikova.”
On the other hand, this is a layering effect when opposing figures are placed side by side. This, for example, helps curb the excessive business activity of top-echelon civil servants.
If we summarize everything that the media previously wrote, the picture is as follows: together with the social bloc, it seems that Denis Manturov, Sergei Shoigu, Sergei Lavrov and Vladimir Medinsky will retain their posts. Alexander Tkachev, Maxim Sokolov and the portfolioless Mikhail Abyzov will leave the cabinet.
Along with the government, changes are expected in the Kremlin. By all accounts, Anton Vaino and Sergei Kiriyenko will retain their posts. There is a lot of speculation on telegram channels about other changes in the presidential administration, but they are extremely poorly confirmed. Forecast of the director of the Institute of Applied Political Research Grigory Dobromelov:
Director of the Institute of Applied Political Research“It would be logical that those blocs that have now strengthened in executive power, have also intensified in the presidential administration, so that, for example, he has not an adviser, but an assistant on the digital economy, although he was one and this topic is supervised by Igor Shchegolev. It is unlikely that he will stop overseeing this topic. The theme of science may be strengthened, there will be an assistant not only in education, but also in science, especially since Fursenko is already at the age limit, perhaps he will leave.”
There is no clarity with the outgoing deputy prime ministers. Igor Shuvalov may return to business, perhaps to some state corporation. The publications about a high post at Moscow State University were denied by the rector of the university, Viktor Sadovnichy, but added that Igor Ivanovich is waiting high post.
Another intrigue is the fate of Dmitry Rogozin. There is an opinion that the position of presidential adviser awaits him. This is how a balance is maintained: a seemingly high position in the Kremlin, but without powers. There were leaks according to which he will head Roscosmos. But to entrust the fate of such a state corporation to a PR person...
The main intrigue was the appointment of Alexei Kudrin. He will head the Accounts Chamber, but will remain at the Center for Strategic Research, where new reforms were born. It remains to be seen which of the posts is more important, but in both cases he does not overshadow the prime minister. It seems that a new position has appeared called “Alexei Kudrin” - ideologist and controller.
The government, headed by Dmitry Medvedev, will resign on May 7 immediately after the inauguration of President Vladimir Putin. Members of the Cabinet will continue to serve until the formation of a new government. The head of state will have two weeks to propose to the State Duma a candidate for a new prime minister. Will the current head of government be able to retain his post and who is most likely to leave the cabinet - in the material on the site.
New Prime Minister
Despite the fact that Vladimir Putin has not previously stated directly that Dmitry Medvedev will retain his post in the new government, most likely it will be the current prime minister who will head the cabinet. Dmitry Medvedev himself claimed that he was not going to leave and was ready to continue working. According to RIA Novosti, the State Duma is preparing for a meeting with Medvedev as Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.
RBC sources in the Kremlin and government also express the opinion that Dmitry Medvedev's chances of remaining as Prime Minister are high. “Medvedev is probably the only person Putin trusts, because he did not let him down in 2011. Medvedev is completely satisfied with the president as prime minister. But in reality, whether he will remain prime minister or not, only Putin and Medvedev themselves know,” a high-ranking federal official told the publication.
However, at the end of 2017 and at the beginning of 2018, information appeared that the head of the Rostec state corporation could head the new government. Sergey Chemezov. However, Chemezov himself denied these rumors. Answering questions from journalists about whether he had received an offer to take a post in the renewed government, the head of Rostec said: “God forbid!”
Bloomberg agency in November 2017, citing its sources, stated that the head of the Central Bank could become the new head of the Russian government Elvira Nabiullina, Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin or the Minister of Industry Denis Manturov. Replacing Medvedev as prime minister with a stronger manager could “inhale new life into the country's choking economy."
According to political scientists, the new government will not be much renewed after the inauguration. At least half of the ministers will remain in their places.
Who is predicted to resign?
Political scientists and experts call the Minister of Transport one of the candidates for departure Maxim Sokolov.“With his baggage of reprimands and shortcomings,” he becomes an unsuitable candidate, a high-ranking government source told Kommersant. However, the day before the inauguration, President Vladimir Putin lifted the disciplinary sanction against Maxim Sokolov, which was imposed on him in the fall after the bankruptcy of VIM-Avia. The reason for this decision is not explained.
Deputy Prime Minister may lose his post Dmitry Rogozin, who oversees the military-industrial complex in the government. According to the Gazeta.RU source, the official “is clearly going overboard with controversial PR campaigns.” Earlier, information appeared in the media that Rogozin’s place in the government could be taken by the head of Rostec, Sergei Chemezov.
It was also discussed that the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade could become the new Deputy Prime Minister instead of Dmitry Rogozin Denis Manturov. In this case, Denis Manturov’s place in the Ministry of Industry and Trade has a chance to be taken by his deputy Viktor Evtukhov. And Rogozin, sources told RBC in the Ministry of Defense and the presidential administration, may be demoted - become governor or move “to a post related to international activities.” This is due to the numerous failures in the space industry that have occurred in recent years.
According to the publication, the Deputy Prime Minister may also lose his posts Sergey Prikhodko. After the scandal with Oleg Deripaska and Nastya Rybka, the official may be asked to retire.
The new government may not have a place for the Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko, whose name was on the front pages in connection with the doping scandal, to the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, accused of plagiarism.
First Deputy Prime Minister is also at risk of leaving the Cabinet Igor Shuvalov. His place, a source told RBC, could be taken by the former Minister of Economic Development, assistant to the President Andrey Belousov. According to the publication, in the first half of April, a meeting between Belousov and Putin took place, during which they discussed his possible transition to the government. The tasks for Belousov’s work in the Cabinet of Ministers were the supervision of “economic issues in the broadest sense of the word.”
Deputy Prime Minister can leave the Cabinet of Ministers Olga Golodets, which now oversees the social block. Her place may be taken by the head of the Accounts Chamber Tatiana Golikova. The Minister of Education risks leaving the government together with Golodets Olga Vasilyeva, which, according to a RBC source, “does not know how to work in a team and has quarreled with everyone.” Instead of Vasilyeva, the new government may include the head of the Talent and Success educational foundation. Elena Shmeleva.
With a high degree of probability, the Minister of Communications and Mass Media will not retain his post Nikolay Nikiforov. At the same time, experts say that Nikiforov may leave for the post of Deputy Prime Minister with an eye to overseeing the digital economy. The government has no complaints against the young minister.
Business representatives - a top manager of an oil and gas company and a manager of an oil company - announced the possible resignation of the Minister of Nature Sergei Donskoy.
Another candidate for departure is the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Vladimir Puchkov. Allegedly, the issue of his departure from the government was decided in mid-April. The last straw there was a fire in mall“Winter Cherry” in Kemerovo. One of the candidates for the post of minister is Puchkov’s current deputy, Alexander Chupriyan.
Who will keep their post?
Among those who will retain his post in the new government is the 68-year-old Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. During the 14 years that Lavrov headed the Foreign Ministry, he was repeatedly predicted to resign. However, Kommersant’s sources note that there is no evidence of impending radical changes. “Given the current international situation, changing the Minister of Foreign Affairs would be illogical. Lavrov is the most experienced of all current foreign ministers. And then, the change of the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs may be perceived by someone as an admission by the country’s leadership of mistakes in the foreign policy arena,” the publication’s interlocutor said.
The current Minister of Internal Affairs will also remain in the government Vladimir Kolokoltsev. This is due, among other things, to the upcoming World Cup. In addition, there are no big problems in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and assessments of the ministry’s work are at a positive level.
The head of the Ministry of Defense will retain his post Sergei Shoigu. Among those who will remain in the Cabinet is also the head of the Ministry of Health Veronica Skvortsova, Minister of Agriculture Alexandra Tkacheva, Minister of Energy Alexandra Novak. The fate of the Deputy Prime Minister is unknown Arkady Dvorkovich. He himself recently stated that deputy prime ministers in the current government are busy with the wrong thing, and the fight against departmental disagreements takes away up to 70-80% of the working time of deputy prime ministers. “I think we just have to do different things. In the current coordinate system it would not be better; in a different coordinate system we could do other things and thereby bring great benefit to society,” said Dvorkovich.
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