The new government of Russia: look who came and who left. New ministers: who will take over

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 a candidate for a new prime minister to the State Duma. Will the current head of government manage to keep his post and who is likely to leave the Cabinet - in the material of 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, it is most likely that the current prime minister will head the cabinet. Dmitry Medvedev himself claimed that he was not going to leave and was ready to work further. 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 the government also express the opinion that Dmitry Medvedev's chances of staying on as prime minister are high. “Medvedev is probably the only person Putin trusts because he didn’t 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 journalists' questions about whether he had received offers to take a post in the updated government, the head of Rostec said: "God forbid!"

In November 2017, Bloomberg, 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 minister of industry Denis Manturov. Replacing Medvedev as prime minister with a stronger manager could "breathe new life into the country's faltering economy."

According to political analysts, the new government will not be much updated 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 is becoming an impassable candidate, a senior government source told Kommersant. However, the day before the inauguration, President Vladimir Putin took off disciplinary action from Maxim Sokolov, which was imposed on him in the fall after the bankruptcy of VIM-Avia. The reason for such a decision is not explained.

Deputy Prime Minister may lose his post Dmitry Rogozin, which oversees the military-industrial complex in the government. According to Gazeta.RU's source, the official "obviously overdoes it with controversial PR actions." 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. At the same time, Denis Manturov's place in the Ministry of Industry and Trade has a chance to be taken by his deputy Viktor Evtukhov. And Rogozin, RBC sources in the Ministry of Defense and the presidential administration told RBC, could go downhill - become governor or move "to a post associated with international activities". This is due to the numerous failures in the space industry that have occurred in last years.

According to the publication, the Deputy Prime Minister may also lose his posts Sergei Prikhodko. After the scandal with Oleg Deripaska and Nastya Rybka, the official may be asked to retire.

The new government may not get seats for the Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko, whose name did not leave the front pages in connection with the doping scandal, to the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky accused of plagiarism.

First Deputy Prime Minister also risks leaving the Cabinet Igor Shuvalov. His place, a source told RBC, may take former minister 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. As tasks for the work of Belousov in the Cabinet, the curatorship of "economic issues in the broadest sense of the word" was designated.

Deputy Prime Minister may leave Cabinet Olga Golodets, which now oversees the social block. Her place may be taken by the head of the Accounts Chamber Tatyana Golikova. Together with Golodets, the Minister of Education risks leaving the government Olga Vasilyeva, which, according to RBC's source, "does not know how to work in a team and quarreled with everyone." Instead of Vasilyeva, the head of the Talent and Success Educational Foundation may enter the new government Elena Shmeleva.

With a high degree of probability, the Minister of Communications will not retain his post and mass communications Nikolay Nikiforov. At the same time, experts say that Nikiforov may leave for the post of Deputy Prime Minister with an eye to curating the digital economy. The government has no complaints about the young minister.

Business representatives - top manager of an oil and gas company and manager 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 resolved in mid-April. The last straw was the fire in the shopping center "Winter Cherry" in Kemerovo. One of the candidates for the post of minister is Puchkov's current deputy Alexander Chupriyan.

Who will keep his post

Among those who will retain their post in the new government is the 68-year-old Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Over the 14 years that Lavrov has been heading the Foreign Ministry, he has been repeatedly predicted to resign. However, Kommersant's sources note that there is no evidence of impending radical changes. “In the current international situation, it would be illogical to change the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Lavrov is the most experienced of all the current foreign ministers. And then, the change of the head of the Foreign Ministry can be perceived by someone as an acknowledgment by the country's leadership of mistakes in the foreign policy arena, ”the source said.

Will remain in the government and the current Minister of the Interior 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 the assessments of the work of the ministry are at a positive level.

The head of the Ministry of Defense will keep his post Sergei Shoigu. Among those who will remain in the Cabinet, they also name the head of the Ministry of Health Veronika Skvortsova, minister Agriculture Alexandra Tkacheva, Minister of Energy Alexandra Novak. The fate of the Deputy Prime Minister is unknown Arkady Dvorkovich. He himself recently stated that the vice-premiers in the current government are busy with other things, and the fight against departmental disagreements takes up to 70-80% of the working time from the deputy prime ministers. “I think we just need to do other things. In the current coordinate system, it would not be better, in a different coordinate system we could do other things and this would bring great benefits to society, ”said Dvorkovich.

"United Russia" has achieved a review of the decision to return the fine for speeding by 10 km/h

United Russia achieved a review of the decision to return the fine for speeding by 10 km/h motorist rights. This was stated by the federal coordinator of the party project "United Russia" "Safe Roads", Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Transport and Construction Vladimir Afonsky. “There are no factual materials that could substantiate the expediency of returning a fine for exceeding the speed limit by 10 km/h. It also makes no sense to rely on European experience, we have completely different specifics in this direction. Therefore, we must build on the existing realities,” he said. Vladimir Afonsky recalled that the Safe Roads party project was held on February 21 public discussion initiatives to strengthen the administrative responsibility of drivers for breaking the speed limit. “The absolute majority of respondents were against this initiative, which was supported by experts. In considering such initiatives, it is necessary to build on existing realities. For example, installed speed cameras, unfortunately, in most cases have an error. Therefore, by lowering the allowable threshold to 10 km/h, we may face a large number of unreasonable fines for allegedly speeding,” Vladimir Afonsky believes. He is also confident that malicious auto violators will continue to violate the speed limit, even if the threshold is lowered to 0 km/h. “The return of a fine for exceeding the speed limit by 10 km/h will hit law-abiding citizens, responsible drivers. We welcome the decision of the Government, but we do not remove its control and we will uphold the rights of simple and honest drivers to the last,” Vladimir Afonsky concluded. Recall that earlier the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Internal Affairs proposed to amend the Code of Administrative Offenses (CAO) on the introduction of a new fine for exceeding the speed limit by 10 km/h by drivers of vehicles.

Participants of the party project "New School" proposed to develop new approaches to solving the problem of "bullying" in educational institutions

The term "bullying" refers to the aggressive persecution of one of the members of the team by other members of the team, which is especially common among schoolchildren and students. The relevance of the topic is confirmed by a number of cases of aggression in children educational institutions throughout the country, the search for solutions to which was taken up by the Kuban United Russia. Local party project coordinator New school» in Krasnodar, the headmaster of School No. 8, Lidia Tsimbal, noted two main factors that can create grounds for the manifestation of bullying in kindergartens, schools, colleges and other educational institutions. These included incorrect upbringing in the family and incorrect actions of the teacher. Regional coordinator of the party project " A strong family”, a member of the faction of the Party in the Legislative Assembly Krasnodar Territory Tatyana Roy also took part in the discussion of this topical problem today. “It is difficult to say when the victims and participants in tragic events are children and teenagers. But, unfortunately, the reality is that for many young people, reality is perceived as computer game, wherein human life worthless. Issues of family education, school responsibility are key for our society. Each of us cannot be indifferent when, before our eyes, children are swearing, smoking, drinking alcohol, hooligans, fighting, and we, adults, bashfully avert our eyes and rush about our business, ”said Tatyana Roy. The opinion of the parent community in this matter is also extremely important. “Our children are not cruel if we are not cruel. Everything comes from ourselves, from adults. We treat children's reproaches and name-calling as childish, but this is serious, you need to pay attention to this, ”said Alexandra Usenko, executive secretary of the national parent association of the Krasnodar regional branch. Representatives of education noted on this problematic issue a number of other mechanisms. Stanislav Shilnikov, Deputy Head of the Department of Education of the Administration of Krasnodar, shared that today this topic is being taken into account more and more often, planned preventive work is already being carried out at parent meetings. The plans include inviting to meetings not only psychologists and specialists in social and pedagogical work, but also representatives of the Cossacks and the clergy, as an integral element of the Kuban culture. Members of the factions of "United Russia" in the Legislative Assembly of the region and the City Duma of Krasnodar also shared their views on the problem of cruelty among children. For example, Oleg Boychenko, a member of the Party faction in the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnodar Territory, proposed developing guidelines for parents containing broad and up-to-date information about sports in the city, additional education and other opportunities for children. “In order for a child to successfully socialize, show good manners and culture, and at the same time not show aggression towards others, it is necessary to find him an “occupation to his liking” that would fill the excess of free time,” Oleg Boychenko shared his opinion. In the future, we plan to arrange all the proposals voiced by United Russia in a row guidelines as measures to combat such a social phenomenon as bullying in children's educational institutions.

The Government of the Russian Federation will discuss the introduction of social norms for electricity consumption

By 2033, they plan to gradually abolish benefits for residents of non-gasified apartment buildings and for the rural population. According to media reports, the parameters of the proposals of the Ministry of Economy of the Russian Federation on the introduction of social norms for electricity consumption will be discussed on January 23 at a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak. “It is proposed to differentiate tariffs for the population - up to 300 kWh per month will be paid at the base (current) tariff, over 300 kWh - at an increased rate, and more than 500 kWh - at an economically justified one. Consumption is fixed on a personal account, not per person,” said a source familiar with the draft social norm. For the northern regions, as well as for consumers not connected to heat supply networks, the social norm can be increased. At the same time, it is planned to gradually reduce benefits for residents who have electric stoves installed and the rural population. They are going to do this in Russia until 2033. The agency proposes to remove the coefficient of 0.7 established for them within 15 years. The introduction of a social norm for electricity consumption is proposed as a measure to combat cross-subsidization in the energy sector. The proposals of the ministries will be considered in the context of their socio-economic consequences, the financial effect for various categories of the population in the face of an increase in the fiscal burden. The office of Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak promises to make a decision "taking into account the real incomes of the population," Kommersant writes.

The results of the implementation of party projects for 2018 were discussed at a meeting of the regional political council

In 2019, 15 federal party projects will continue their work in the Kuban. Party projects are aimed at the socio-economic development of the region, relate to the most important areas of life for citizens, said Nikolai Gritsenko, secretary of the regional branch of the United Russia party, first deputy chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnodar Territory. "Each of them is actual problem that needs to be addressed methodically, regularly, until it becomes the norm for everyone. That is why children's polyclinics are being built in the Kuban, gyms in rural schools are being renovated, playgrounds are being equipped, systematic work is being carried out to accommodate orphans, diverse work is being carried out with people of the older generation, with disabilities, attention is paid to the patriotic education of the younger generation, "- said Nikolay Gritsenko. Speaking about the implementation of the “Healthy Future” project, the coordinator of the party project in the Krasnodar Territory, the chief specialist in geriatrics of the Ministry of Health of the Krasnodar Territory, the head of the Clinical Hospital for War Veterans Sergey Isaenko noted that one of the main results can be considered a significant increase in the availability of medical care, in including specialized ones. IN Krasnodar Territory in 2017, 35 new GP buildings were built, in 2018 - 30 GP offices, in 2019 it is planned to build another 19 new GP buildings. “Great attention is paid to attracting medical personnel - the number of doctors in the region has increased by 800 people, 143 paramedics have been involved in rural healthcare,” Sergey Isaenko said. Fundamentally important conditions for the implementation of the project "Urban Environment" were the mechanisms for including the population in the formation of a list of objects, as well as public support and control, because the "Urban Environment" is not just a party project, but a separate direction public policy, the implementation of which is under the personal control of the President of the country and the Chairman of the Party. In 2018, within the framework of the project, works were carried out to improve 91 facilities in 41 municipalities of the region: 45 yards, 44 public areas, 2 city parks. In 2018, 1.5 billion rubles were provided for the formation of a comfortable urban environment, of which 1,013.7 billion rubles from the federal budget, 320.1 million rubles from the regional budget, and 161.7 million rubles from local budgets. The regional coordinator of the party project, a member of the Party faction in the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnodar Territory, Vladimir Chepel, reported that in 2019 it is planned to carry out work to improve facilities in 51 urban and rural settlements of the region: 42 courtyards, 49 public areas. Irina Karavaeva, a member of the United Russia faction in the ZSK, spoke about the implementation of the Children's Sport party project. The direction "Champions for children" is actively developing in the Krasnodar Territory. Its main idea is to bring together a variety of athletes on one platform in support of charitable initiatives for the development children's sports. In 2019, the Charging with a Champion campaign, which has already become traditional, will continue. “In terms of the number of children involved in physical culture and sports outside of school hours, the Kuban occupies a leading position. In physical culture and sports events aimed at promoting a healthy lifestyle, only for last year about 4 million people took part,” said Irina Karavaeva. In 2019, within the framework of the state program of the Krasnodar Territory “Development of physical culture and sports”, the implementation of such activities as the “Construction of low-budget sports halls within walking distance”, the construction of multifunctional sports grounds will continue. As part of the program "Reconstruction of sports halls", a major overhaul is planned in 10 sports halls in rural schools. Kuban - agricultural land, half of the population of the region lives and works in the countryside, so the key tasks that need to be addressed are the development of agricultural industrial production and the creation of comfortable living conditions in the countryside - this is the aim of the party project "Russian Village". According to the regional coordinator of the Russian Village party project, a member of the Party faction in the ZSK, Sergey Orlenko, 2018 was quite successful for the agro-industrial complex of the region. “We harvested more than 10 million tons of wheat and barley, which is almost 300 thousand tons higher than last year, a record harvest of fruits and berries - almost 460 thousand tons, viticulturists were pleased with their success - 210 thousand tons of grapes were harvested,” Sergey Orlenko said in his report . “In general, agricultural products were produced in the amount of 360 billion rubles.” A special priority within the framework of the Party project "Russian Village" is the development of rural areas, the creation of comfortable living conditions in the countryside. In 2018, more than 130 km of gas distribution networks and 20 km of water supply networks were built, more than 100 young families received keys to new apartments. Monitoring the economic condition of the leading industrial enterprises Kuban, which was held by the participants of the party project "Locomotives of growth", showed that the regional economy has gained good growth rates. According to preliminary statistics, the industrial production index reached 103.3% (against 102.4% in the first half of 2018). As noted by the regional coordinator of the Locomotives of Growth party project, United Russia deputy ZSK Ivan Artemenko, such a breakthrough in the development of the industrial sector in the region became possible thanks to state support. The faction of the Party in the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnodar Territory managed to allocate subsidies to 24 regional industrial enterprises in the amount of more than 72 million rubles within the framework of the state program "Development of the industry of the Krasnodar Territory and increase its competitiveness". The main activity of the United Russia party within the framework of the New School party project is the development of the education infrastructure and the creation of a high-quality educational environment. In 2018, 10 schools were built in the region, two of which were commissioned in Krasnodar on September 1, 2018. These are school number 61 in Lenin's farm and a school in the Gubernsky microdistrict. Also, 2 kindergartens, 2 institutions of additional education were built, 2 schools were reconstructed, 1 kindergarten, repaired 46 educational facilities in the region. Overhaul of gyms was carried out in 35 schools, 233 school buses were purchased. This was reported by a member of the regional public council, Principal of School No. 8 in Krasnodar Lidiya Tsimbal. United Russia took the initiative to implement the Hero's Party project. 39 Kuban schools took part in the project, 20 desks of Heroes were installed. The purpose of the party project "Hero's Party" is to create conditions for the formation in children and adolescents of a respectful attitude to the history of the Fatherland, the heroic past and present of our country. Within the framework of the party project "People's Control" monitoring of violations of the requirements fire safety when selling pyrotechnic products. People's controllers conducted raids on weekend fairs for the sale of agricultural products and products of its processing, working in the territory municipalities. Monitoring was carried out of the activities of 108 microfinance organizations providing services in the field of lending to the population, as well as children's school camps operating during school holidays, children's entertainment centers organizing a safe play area. The party project "One Country - Accessible Environment" is designed to draw attention to the problems of improving the quality of life of people with disabilities and providing them with an accessible environment. As noted by the regional coordinator of the party project, Deputy Chairman of the City Duma Tatyana Gelunenko, within the framework of the program in 2018, 31 priority facilities were equipped for people with limited mobility, 15 units of passenger transport were equipped with information boards and radio informants, 80 pedestrian crossings and 20 stops were equipped public transport. According to the regional list, 600 disabled people were provided with technical means of rehabilitation. In 2018, as part of the implementation of the School of a Competent Consumer project, the Bright Entrance campaign, the annual All-Russian campaign International Neighbors Day, the Open Doors Day for management companies were held, a press conference was held in Sochi dedicated to the implementation of an integrated waste management system on the territory of the resort, the festival "Together Brighter" in Krasnodar. “The project “School of a competent consumer” is aimed at assisting in solving such topical issues as protecting the rights of consumers of housing and communal services, increasing the legal literacy of citizens, building relationships with managing and resource-supplying organizations, resolving neighborhood conflicts, teaching the population the basics of the Housing Code,” emphasized the regional coordinator of the party project, a member of the Party’s faction in the ZSK Sergey Chabanets. The party project "Culture of the Small Motherland" includes 3 directions: "Local House of Culture", "Theaters of Small Towns" and "Theaters for Children". The total funding of events in 2018 amounted to 78.8 million rubles, including from the federal budget - 54.8 million rubles, regional - 17.3 million rubles, municipal - 6.7 million rubles. According to the chairman of the regional public council of the party project, the rector of the Krasnodar state institution culture of Sergey Zengin, this year 50 Houses of Culture from 17 municipalities, 3 children's theaters and 2 theaters in the direction of "Theaters of Small Towns" will take part in the "Culture of a Small Motherland" project. “It is very significant that the culture of the village, national traditions are being revived in the Kuban, and the leadership of the region is ready to allocate funds to co-finance such projects,” Sergey Zengin noted. The regional coordinator of the party project "Historical Memory", a member of the faction of the Party in the ZSK Dmitry Lebedev drew attention to the promotion of the cultural heritage of the Kuban. In his speech, he stressed the importance of preserving the cultural and national identity, traditional folk life for the present and future of our region. Dmitry Lebedev also talked about what measures are being taken in the Kuban to popularize cultural heritage within the framework of the law “On State Policy in the Sphere of Preservation and Development of Traditional folk culture in the Krasnodar Territory. “Patriotism is important to understand as love for the Motherland, the concept of duty, pride in the past and faith in the future. Patriotic work must be done on concrete examples such as the work of search teams, work in archives, patriotic actions,” said Dmitry Lebedev. The “Safe Roads” party project has achieved the main goal of the “Road to School” campaign - problem areas have been taken under control by local authorities and regional plans for 2019 to bring sections into a standard state have been adjusted in accordance with the comments of the project. Earlier, the party project “Safe Roads” held the “Road to School” campaign timed to coincide with the beginning of the school year, during which road safety was checked near educational institutions. The regional coordinator of the party project "Safe Roads", a member of the faction of the Party in the Legislative Assembly of the region Andrey Kuemzhiev spoke about the implementation of actions within the framework of the party project. “Issues of child safety on the roads are relevant at any time of the year. Children need to know how to behave properly on the road. To do this, within the framework of the party project, together with representatives of the traffic police, we are holding open lessons in kindergartens and schools. An important aspect of road safety is the observance of traffic rules by drivers. As well as the timely elimination of shortcomings on the roads, which should ultimately lead to a decrease in the level of child injuries and deaths on the roads,” Andrey Kuemzhiev said. Issues of the influence of the family on the development of children and adolescents, family prevention of neglect, social orphanhood and juvenile delinquency are always under the close attention of the public. The party project "Strong Family" is designed to draw attention to solving family problems, implementing the practice of specific cases. “A large list of social support measures exists today for families. We try to involve public organizations and volunteers as often as possible to provide assistance. various categories families with children,” said the regional coordinator of the party project, the deputy of United Russia ZSK Tatyana Roy. Also, the regional coordinator noted that very important role plays contests, charity events and other events for children and families with children in the course of the successful implementation of the party project. A report on the implementation of the party project "Older Generation" was made by the regional coordinator, chairman of the board of the Krasnodar regional branch of the international public fund "Russian Peace Fund" Tatyana Stupko. “Issues of social support for the older generation are a priority. As part of the party project, various events are constantly held for the elderly and veterans. Our task is to create conditions for their full life and well-being. It is this goal that United Russia sets for itself,” said Tatiana Stupko. The Krasnodar Territory has accumulated positive experience in protecting the legal rights and interests of the older generation. Party project activists regularly provide social and legal assistance to veterans and pensioners who find themselves in a difficult life situation. Social actions are carried out, such as "I'm going to the veteran", as well as the largest patriotic action "The Immortal Regiment", in which tens of thousands of Kuban people take part every year.

About 90 million rubles will be allocated for the transition of the Kuban to digital television

Preliminary estimates were announced by the deputy head of the information policy department of the region Maria Kurdyukova at a meeting in the ZSK. According to her, a list of those outside the “digital” coverage area has already been compiled. settlements, drafted a bill on additional measures social support for certain categories of citizens in connection with the transition to digital television and radio broadcasting. Kurdyukova noted that now the draft law is at the stage of coordination in all relevant departments. “According to preliminary estimates, 89.7 million rubles should be provided for these activities in the regional budget,” she said. According to the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Development of the region Alexei Golik, now 79 thousand poor families apply for subsidies from the region. Of these, 3 thousand families live in areas where, due to the difficult terrain, without satellite dishes not enough. Among these categories of citizens, a survey is being conducted, the main question of which concerns the year of manufacture of the TV, the press service of the ZSK reported. “People who bought a set-top box in 2018, and who purchased it in 2019, must be in equal conditions receive a lump sum payment. Low-income residents of the region should not bear this burden of expenses,” said Nikolai Gritsenko, First Vice Speaker of the Kuban Parliament.

"United Russia" proposed to index pensions for pensioners-guardians

The issue of support for foster parents-retirees was raised at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin by the head of the United Russia faction in the State Duma, Sergei Neverov. In addition, the parliamentarian discussed with the head of state the problem of the availability of high-quality domestic medicines. At the traditional year-end meeting with the head of state, the leaders of the parliamentary factions have the opportunity to outline topics that are relevant to their voters. One of the problems that Sergey Neverov spoke about with the President concerns the provision of pensions for retired adoptive parents. The deputy drew the attention of the head of state to the current problem: according to the current legislation, people who take children for upbringing receive remuneration from the state as foster parents, that is, they are actually considered to be working, even if they are pensioners. At the same time, as workers, indexation of their old-age insurance pension is not carried out. According to Sergei Neverov, this is unfair, especially given the fact that the state remuneration received by guardians is small. It happens that it is only three or four thousand, the deputy specified. “For non-working pensioners next year, the amount of indexation will be an average of 1,000 rubles. That is, pensioners who become foster parents are deprived of a significant increase in their income,” Sergey Neverov drew the attention of the head of state and asked Vladimir Putin to instruct the Government to work out this issue. He assured that the deputies are also ready to join his decision. In addition, following the results of the meeting, the President instructed the government to more carefully study the problem of providing the population with affordable domestic medicines, Sergey Neverov also raised this issue at the meeting.

Proposals on the staffing of the future Cabinet, and at the same time consider raising the retirement age. What, in fact, was agreed earlier on Tuesday, when Medvedev handed over to the head of state a draft decree on the structure of the new government.

At the moment, structural changes in the supreme body executive power approved. The new Cabinet of Ministers will be somewhat different from the previous one. But these changes can hardly be called revolutionary.

The Ministry of Education and Science was divided into the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies has been transformed into the Ministry of Digital Development. That is, the government will no longer have 21 ministries, but 22.

The number of vice-premiers will also increase - there will be 10 of them. The position of the first vice-premier - the Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation will appear. The Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, as well as the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Defense remain directly subordinate to the president.

It was reported that the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry would most likely retain his posts Sergei Lavrov and Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu. The rest of the personnel composition of the Cabinet is still an open question.

Meanwhile, Russian citizens are already giving these people a certain credit of trust, evaluating their future work with cautious, if I may say so, but optimism.

This is evidenced by the results of the VTsIOM poll, during which sociologists not only learned the opinion of respondents about the work of Medvedev's old team. But we also got acquainted with the expectations from the activities of the new government.

Actually, the fact that Dmitry Medvedev again headed the Cabinet is known to the vast majority of Russians - 86%. At the same time, more than two-thirds of citizens (71%) characterize him as competent and smart person. And every second (49%) believes that Dmitry Medvedev has managed to gather around him a team that can be trusted. 33% of respondents do not agree with this.

54% of respondents spoke positively about the work of the Cabinet in recent years. But more than a third (38%), in fact, gave him "bad". Apparently those who do not agree with raising the retirement age.

As for expectations, the answers are dominated by the idea that the work of the new government will not differ significantly from the work of the previous one - 49%.

37% of respondents believe that it will increase efficiency. And another 3% see the future only in a black light.

Director of the Center for the Study of Crisis Society, Deputy Head of the Department of Public Policy of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov Maxim Vilisov:

- It is difficult to talk about the objectivity of the result when you do not know the clear criteria by which the work of the Medvedev Cabinet was evaluated in the previous period. We remember that it was a very difficult period - if we count from 2013. First, all the stories related to the mobilization for the Olympic Games. Then the sanctions and the conflict of confrontation with the West. A very difficult process of stabilizing the Russian economy.

Therefore, if we evaluate the activities of the Medvedev government, based on the tasks that were set for this government in 2012, then, of course, it deserves only a negative assessment. Because the goals that were set, one way or another, have not been achieved, or have not been fully achieved. You can talk a lot about the May decrees here, and about many other things ...

But if we take into account that this was a state that worked in crisis conditions, in conditions of very high uncertainty, then here, of course, we should rather give a positive assessment. Because, despite the very tough external pressure - both economic and political - this government still did not allow any serious failures, catastrophic phenomena in the economy and in social sphere. Moreover, maneuvers in terms of import substitution (individual) can be called generally positive.

Therefore, here the inaccuracy of the evaluation criterion, it still makes it possible for such a large scatter.

Now, if we were asked to separately assess, so to speak, the anti-crisis potential of this government, separately the quality of achieving some strategic tasks, then, I think, the assessments would be more accurate.

It's just that people, as a rule, apply, so to speak, different "filters" for this assessment, and therefore they gave directly opposite characteristics. And again, one cannot ignore that respondents may have some political differences.

Another thing is that for many experts and observers the question of an alternative remains open: if not the Medvedev government, then what kind of government, with what characteristics? Even without personal names - who exactly is the prime minister, and who is his team?

On this issue, it seems to me, there is even less agreement. And the specifics too.

Therefore, due to a combination of factors (and this is confirmed by real politics - the reappointment of Medvedev as Prime Minister that took place) he now, in fact, has no alternative.

"SP": - Perhaps we just do not know about it?

- It's something else. The fact is that political forces that could play for a long time, in a strategic period, are simply not ready to take the risks of this work in such a complex, tense situation aggravated by international conflicts. You can quickly discredit yourself.

Well, and plus, we really have a shortage of strategic vision and some strategic projects for our country. I, at least, cannot now name a single opposition group, or one integrated into the elite, which could now responsibly and systematically voice and propose such a project.

Therefore, as it were, maintaining the status quo is, so to speak, the lesser evil.

"SP": - But with this "moderate optimism" of 37%, it is possible to make a breakthrough in development, which the president spoke of as the most important task of society?

“And there are a lot more questions here. First, how can we now evaluate, so to speak, the ability of the new government and its potential effectiveness if we do not know the composition of this government. We know the head of government. And some personnel proposals, which he previously announced.

"SP": - We know how many deputy prime ministers there will be, and we know that Mutko remains ...

This information can't give us anything. But I can assume that, in principle, the personality of Medvedev as prime minister does not rule out the possibility of forming a breakthrough government. He always stood up for modernization and was always morally and professionally ready to carry out modernization projects.

At the same time, again, his personal characteristics allow us to hope that the breakthrough will not be associated with great risks and some sudden movements. Because he still has a reputation as a fairly balanced person, making balanced decisions and being able to reach a compromise.

But whether this will be a breakthrough government, or a government, so to speak, of further stabilization, it will become clear even not from the personnel. And yet, probably, according to some first decisions in the strategic, financial, structural plan. I think it's hard to talk about it now.

Conditionally, on the political plane, the goals were set by the President - both in the Message and in the new May Decree. But then everything will depend on what tools, what specific measures can be used to achieve them.

And then, we must keep in mind that any, even very positive, activity of any, the most professional composition of the Russian government, in modern conditions can be very easily leveled by the activities of our opponents - Western countries.

SP: How?

- The problem is that the Russian economy, in principle, continues to be quite sensitive to the international situation, to pressure on its financial system and its economic system from the United States, first of all, and its allies, especially if they act in a coalition.

Therefore, as long as the dependence of the Russian economy on the global economy and on the Western one remains, the activities of any government can always turn out to be ineffective due to the action of a geopolitical factor that is just uncontrollable for us.

In this sense, the task of the new government will be extremely difficult. This caused a certain delay, I think, in terms of the announcement of its composition.

And, in my opinion, this composition will not be particularly stable even in the short term. I foresee that there will be changes quite often. And, in principle, it would be logical to expect that this rotation, including the vertical one, will have.

SP: What do you mean?

— We have a generation of young technocrats to manage the regions. Now, if these people can quickly show some success at the regional level, then it would be logical to give them the opportunity to move higher. Moreover, many came to the regions just from federal structures.

CEO Institute of Regional Problems Dmitry Zhuravlev, in turn, drew attention to the rather high assessment that Russian citizens gave to Medvedev's team:

Government is an enchanted place. And the prime minister is never popular. Because this is the main business executive - he is responsible for all pensions, all salaries, living standards ... and other joys of our life.

And the fact that half of the respondents give a positive assessment is very good. It's a lot, really. Moreover, the standard of living in recent years, frankly, has not grown. It grows a little only this year - in the only one.

Therefore, it is natural that those many whose standard of living has fallen are unlikely to evaluate the work of the government positively. People are not masochists in their bulk. There are few masochists, you can't make a sociological majority of them.

As for the future, then, in part, of course, there are simply optimists. But just as people cannot be permanent pessimists. A person always hopes for something, regardless of whether pluses are possible or impossible. And even if you don't believe it, you want to believe it.

"SP": - Some personalities of the new government are already known. I was surprised by the "unsinkability" of sports deputy prime minister Vitaly Mutko, who will now oversee the construction industry ... Where can you get optimism?

- The problem is not in a single character. And in the majority.

Another question is that, in general, the composition of the government, it is approved not for the breakthrough that the president spoke about. This is a government of stability. Not because it's bad or good, it's just a government that will consist mainly of the same people who were there the first time. You can separately say why ... But it's true.

On the other hand, in the richest country in the world, there is always room for a breakthrough. And in order to implement it, it is necessary to increase the concentration of resources, increase the efficiency of management and increase the efficiency of the use of these resources.

Because it's not that we don't have enough money. And the fact that we do not always know where we spend them.

The President promised to announce his new government formula after the inauguration. Everyone knows how Vladimir Putin prone to unexpected solutions. Despite the fact that each of his impromptu is well prepared. "You'll love it," he says in response to attempts to predict his personnel choices. And yet it was not in vain that he several times in his March message used the expression "new government." So how new can it be?

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It is unlikely that anyone doubts that the post of prime minister will remain 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 called in vain, or someone sensational), nothing will change much. Since 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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In vain were the talks about the quick farewell of the Deputy Prime Minister Dvorkovich, who not so long ago was subjected to harsh presidential criticism, along with his ward minister Sokolov. There is no point in moving a politician who is now given responsibility for hosting the World Cup.

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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin (right)

His colleagues have no less firm functional positions - Trutnev 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. There are hardly many who want to take on the burden of the once most prestigious space industry, which is in a permanent crisis, about which the curator can only repent and shrug. If there is such a candidate, then the replacement will happen.

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It is unlikely that there are radiant prospects for two more "vices" - a person who looks like the head of the government apparatus Sergei Prikhodko, and the main athlete Vitaly Mutko.The first one turned out to be involved in an unpleasant scandal and accused of open corruption and a conflict of interest, the other was deprived of his main "float" - the World Cup, so as not to further irritate our Western opponents. And after reformatting the Cabinet of Ministers, you can quietly and honorably part with them.

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The Minister of Culture is stubbornly referred to as "toxic" ministers, that is, causing rejection in some intellectual circles. Medinsky. However, there is hardly a figure now who could satisfy the claims of all groups of competing intellectuals. Talk that this post can be promoted Vladimir Tolstoy, now an adviser to the president, and in the past a literary employee of the Student Meridian magazine and the 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 able to reconcile 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 turned out to be suspended - Sergei Lavrov. The strange "cocaine precedent" suddenly retaken everything political maps. The return from Brussels is also considered a symptom of the weakening of the popular minister yesterday. Grushko. The new deputy led the open opposition to Lavrov in the early 1910s. In an open letter, a group of Foreign Ministry officials accused those close to him of corruption in the economic sphere. Then the son of the former first deputy chairman of the KGB, Grushko, was urgently escorted to NATO headquarters in the suburbs of Brussels. And now he is returning to such a critical moment for the central apparatus. Everything looks intriguing. Options are possible.

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Where is the position of another super minister stronger - Sergei Shoigu. However, he does not have the same PR, the problems in Syria are multiplying. And the text of the message showed that in the military sphere, too, the President has the final say. It's easier with some ordinary ministers. It is unlikely that Minister Sokolov will retain his post, who is criticized by the president, who announced to him that he was not in full service, and openly blames the same Trutnev for the failure of the reconstruction of airports in the Far East. Proved its uselessness and the Minister for Open Government Mikhail Abyzov. Because no virtual Open Government has appeared. Obviously, the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources 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, the advantage will be given to classical technocrats. And not necessarily young. Another thing is that the majority of key ministers are proteges of powerful and influential industrial and financial groups. And such an 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 hang a little. But there are enough influential people who want to promote their trusted people to the cabinet.

MOSCOW, May 18 - RIA Novosti, Tatyana Melikyan. On Friday, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev presented Russian President Vladimir Putin the personal composition of the Cabinet of Ministers. Earlier, the prime minister outlined the contours of the new government, which the head of state has already approved. The issue with personalities was resolved longer, acquiring forecasts and rumors. As a result, almost all key figures remained in their places. 13 people said goodbye to their seats. About those who left, arrived and moved from place to place - in the material of RIA Novosti.

The Cabinet of Ministers resigned immediately after Vladimir Putin took office on May 7. The next day, the State Duma approved Dmitry Medvedev's candidacy for the post of prime minister. 374 deputies voted for his appointment, 56 were against. Thus, Medvedev has already gone down in history modern Russia as the prime minister who has served the longest in his post. On the same day, at consultations with the United Russia faction, he voiced proposals for the appointment of deputy prime ministers. The staffing of the ministers was decided not so promptly. But the topic had to be closed before the start of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum. “We discussed almost all the candidates you presented, and this morning we discussed some more,” Putin noted at the beginning of the meeting. However, the public discussion lasted no more than five minutes. The first meeting with the new government may take place as early as next week.

Divide, abolish and rename

Sensations were not expected, they did not happen. The structure of the Cabinet of Ministers has changed insignificantly. The new government will have ten vice-premiers. Appeared and new position- First Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Finance.

The number of ministries will increase to 22. A new one will be created by dividing the Ministry of Education and Science into two departments - the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education and Science. The first department will deal with schools and secondary vocational education, as well as issues of "upbringing, guardianship and guardianship of minors." The second will become a single coordinating center for universities, research centers, and academic institutions. In a word, for all spheres of science.

In addition, two government structures will be abolished - the government commission for coordinating the activities of the open government and the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations (FANO). Russian trade missions abroad will go to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. And the new name of the Ministry of Communications from now on is the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications. Medvedev explained that the task of the department is to implement "the very digital agenda that the whole world is engaged in."

However, the structure of the government is not constant, it changes, adjusting to current tasks.

First and second after the premiere

The country's chief accountant and "career financier", as Alexei Kudrin called him, Anton Siluanov became the only first Medvedev's deputy It was under him that the only new position in the government was created.

As for the rest, the composition of the vice-premiers was not so much updated as reshuffled. So, Vitaly Mutko moved from chair to chair. When Medvedev announced this " interesting idea"On the formation of the Cabinet at a meeting with fellow party members, laughter rang out in the hall. The Prime Minister himself smiled. Indeed, Mutko earned a reputation as an unsinkable member of the team. In October 2016, against the backdrop of a doping scandal flaring up with Russian athletes, he lost his post as Minister of Sports, but became vice- prime minister. And now he will retain his high post, however, he will oversee another area - construction. "We try never to cave in under external circumstances," Medvedev explained his choice.

Dmitry Kozak, who in the previous government was in charge of issues related to new subjects - the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, will also retain the post of Deputy Prime Minister. In the new one, he will deal with industry and energy.

The team also included Olga Golodets, who was in charge of the social bloc in previous years, now she has been transferred to culture and sports. Medvedev, proposing this candidacy, remarked: "Why not? Do you think that women are incapable of sports?"

The post of Deputy Prime Minister was also retained by Yuri Trutnev, behind whom the entire Far East stretched in the previous composition. He was the only one who retained not only the position, but also the sphere of curatorship.

Aleksey Gordeev, who once headed the Ministry of Agriculture, will return to the government as deputy prime minister on the principle of "new is well-forgotten old." He will be engaged in a familiar area - agriculture.

Among the "returnees" is Tatyana Golikova, who headed the Accounts Chamber for five years. Prior to that, she served as Minister of Health and Social Development in the government of Viktor Zubkov. Given the differences between the financial, economic and social areas in the government, experienced financier Golikova can become a consolidating link. She will be replaced by Alexei Kudrin in the Accounts Chamber.

Among the new faces is Maxim Akimov. Akimov, who previously held the post of first deputy head of the government apparatus, was asked to be responsible for transport, communications and the digital economy. Until 2012, he worked as deputy governor in his native Kaluga region.

Konstantin Chuychenko, head of the government apparatus, will also become vice-premier. He will deal with the legislative work of the government and personnel issues.

Retirees are voluntary and not very

The curator of the transport block, who controls the work of the Federal Air Transport Agency and the Ministry of Transport, Arkady Dvorkovich, left the team of deputy prime ministers. In the fall of 2017, he actually received a reprimand from the president. "You don't pay enough attention to this industry. Are you overworked?" - Putin publicly addressed him because of the situation around the VIM-Avia air carrier. However, he will not remain without work - Dvorkovich to the board of directors of Russian Railways.

There was no place for Eduard Prikhodko (he led the activities of the department for foreign policy) and Igor Shuvalov (responsible for the implementation of major projects: the APEC summit in Vladivostok, the 2013 Universiade in Kazan, the 2018 FIFA World Cup).

Left the Cabinet and Dmitry Rogozin, Deputy Prime Minister for the defense industry in the former government. He will be replaced by Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov, who was in charge of organizing the military-technical support of the Armed Forces. Rogozin could take over as head of Roskosmos, whose leadership he regularly criticized. And in this case, the head of the state corporation, Igor Komarov, may move to Rostec, a RIA Novosti source in the rocket and space industry.

Portfolio distribution

There were no sensations in the team of ministers either. Despite all the speculation in the press, Sergei Lavrov, who headed the Foreign Ministry for 14 years, remains. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu also retains his post. The head of another law enforcement agency, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, is still the Minister of Internal Affairs. And here in the Ministry of Emergency Situations permutations.

During a fire in the shopping center "Winter Cherry" in Kemerovo, the Minister for Civil Defense, emergencies and elimination of consequences natural Disasters Vladimir Puchkov received a lot of criticism for the work of rescuers and the quality of fire safety inspections. In the new government, this department will be headed by Yevgeny Zinichev, a native of law enforcement agencies. In 2016, he led the Kaliningrad region for a very short time, but due to "family circumstances" he asked for another job. Then the youngest governor Anton Alikhanov came to replace him in the region. Speaking of young people.

The youngest minister in the previous government will remain the youngest in the new one - Maxim Oreshkin will retain the post of head of the Ministry of Economic Development. But another representative of the younger generation, Nikolai Nikiforov, will part with the portfolio. Konstantin Noskov, who previously held the position of head of the Analytical Center under the Russian government, became the Minister of Digital Development, Telecommunications and Mass Media.

Open semi-annual ahead Crimean bridge did not save the Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov. The achieved historical indicator on the state of federal highways did not help him either. Sokolov was marked by several high-profile failures, including the massive cancellation of commuter trains in 2015 and the bankruptcy of VIM-Avia in 2017. For the latter, Sokolov received a disciplinary sanction from the president. The Ministry of Transport will be headed by Yevgeny Dietrich, who worked in this department as the first deputy.

High performance (record harvests that exceeded the achievements Soviet Union) did not help to stay in the chair of the minister and Alexander Tkachev. Dmitry Patrushev has been appointed new head of the Ministry of Agriculture. The son of the Secretary of the Security Council, the former head of the FSB, Nikolai Patrushev, worked as chairman of the board of Rosselkhozbank, and also served on the board of directors of Gazprom.

The former head of the Ministry of Natural Resources Sergey Donskoy did not retain his post either. The past year was marked by a series of scandals for his department: residents protested against landfills, a “black sky” regime was introduced in Krasnoyarsk, and animal rights activists were starving near the walls of the State Duma, demanding finally to adopt a law on the protection of animals. And all this happened in the year declared just the Year of Ecology. However, the Ministry of Natural Resources deals not only with ecology, but also natural resources. Therefore, the appointment of Dmitry Kobylkin, a mining engineer-physicist by profession, looks logical. Labor activity new head Department began in the geophysical association "Shelf" in the city of Gelendzhik. Since 2000, he has led the development of the Khancheyskoye field and the organization of oil and gas production.

The Minister for Development also said goodbye to the portfolio Far East Alexander Galushka. During the Eastern Economic Forum 2017, Putin threatened Far Eastern officials with dismissal for the ongoing outflow of the population. However, the problems of a complex region are not limited to this. Alexander Kozlov, who replaced Galushka, previously led the Amur Region. Prior to that, for several years he headed the Ministry of Housing and Public Utilities of the region, served as mayor of Blagoveshchensk.

The changes also affected the Ministry of Affairs North Caucasus, one of the main goals of which is control over financial flows. How things are with corruption in the region is eloquently evidenced by the recent purge in Dagestan with the arrests of high-ranking officials. Now Sergei Chebotarev has been appointed to replace Lev Kuznetsov. Previously, he worked in the presidential office for interregional and cultural relations with foreign countries.

Finally, the new Ministry of Higher Education and Science was headed by the head of the liquidated federal agency scientific organizations (FASO) Mikhail Kotyukov. That is, he retained all the functions for himself and acquired new ones. In fact, Olga Vasilyeva also remained in her place, who from now on became the Minister of Education.

Minimal personnel changes in the cabinet of ministers can be explained by the fact that the head of state was satisfied with the work of the previous composition. In December 2017, Putin said that the government "did not only do everything possible, but more than that" by resolving "all issues facing the country's economy."