New ministers: who will take the post. Relegation Candidates
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has announced who will be in the new government. The Cabinet of Ministers was represented at Medvedev's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Full list of the composition of the new government of the Russian Federation
Deputy Prime Ministers
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov. In the past he was the Minister of Finance.
Vice Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova. Prior to that, she was the chairman of the Accounts Chamber.
Vice Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak. In the past, he held the position of Deputy Prime Minister and was responsible for the preparation of Sochi for the Olympics, the development of regions and housing and communal services.
Vice Prime Minister Alexey Gordeev. In the past, he served as Plenipotentiary Representative of the President in the Central federal district.
Vice Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko. Previously, in the position of Deputy Minister of Defense, he oversaw the purchase of weapons, but he was most remembered by the Russians as the Minister of Sports.
Vice Prime Minister Maxim Akimov. In the past, he served as deputy head of the government apparatus.
Vice Prime Minister Yuri Borisov. In the past, he served as Deputy Minister of Defense.
Vice Prime Minister Olga Golodets. In the past, she was Deputy Prime Minister and oversaw social policy.
Deputy Prime Minister and Plenipotentiary Representative of the President in the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev. The only one of the vice-premiers of the previous government who retained not only the position, but also the functionality.
Vice Prime Minister and Chief of Staff of the Government Konstantin Chuichenko. Since 2008, he has been Assistant to the President - Head of the Control Department of the Presidential Administration.
federal ministers
Minister economic development Maxim Oreshkin. Saved the post.
Minister of Energy Alexander Novak. Saved the post.
Minister of Transport Eugene Dietrich. Previously served as First Deputy Minister of Transport
Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov. Saved the post.
Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev. Previously served as Chairman of the Board of Rosselkhozbank
Minister natural resources and ecology Dmitry Kobylkin. Previously served as Governor of Yamalo-Nenets autonomous region.
Minister of Digital Development, Telecommunications and Mass Media Konstantin Noskov. Previously, he served as the head of the Analytical Center under the Government of the Russian Federation.
Minister of Construction and Housing and Communal Services Vladimir Yakushev. Previously, he served as governor of the Tyumen region.
Minister of Labor and Social Protection Maxim Topilin. Saved the post.
Minister of Health Veronika Skvortsova. Saved the post.
Minister of Education Olga Vasilyeva. In the previous government, she served as Minister of Education and Science.
Minister higher education and science Kotyukov Mikhail. Previously held the position of Head federal agency scientific organizations
Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky. Saved the post.
Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov. Saved the post.
Minister of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev. Saved the post.
Foreign Secretary Sergey Lavrov. Saved the post.
Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu. Saved your post.
Minister for Emergency Situations Evgeny Zinichev. Previously served as Deputy Director Federal Service security.
Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov. Saved the post.
Minister for Development Far East Alexander Kozlov. Previously, he served as Governor of the Amur Region.
Minister for Affairs North Caucasus Sergei Chebotarev. Previously, he served as Deputy Head of the Presidential Department for Interregional and Cultural Relations with foreign countries in charge of relations with Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Olga Golodets will replace Mutko as Deputy Prime Minister for Sports. In addition, in the future government, she will deal with culture.
Previously, Golodets oversaw the social block, healthcare, demography, employment, education, science, culture, tourism and many other areas in the government. She is remembered by Russians as one of the few top-tier politicians who openly criticized the so-called "Dima Yakovlev Law", which prohibits the adoption of Russian children by families from the United States. Golodets stated, in particular, that this law is contrary to the Family Code and international convention about the rights of the child.
Photo: Dmitry Lebedev / Kommersant
Among the main problems of Russia, Golodets named low pensions, which, in her opinion, should be raised to 25 thousand rubles a month, and "unique" poverty as the main obstacle to economic growth.
Now she has to cope with the holding of the 2018 World Cup in politically difficult conditions, as well as somehow rehabilitate Russian sports against the backdrop of doping scandals.
Health care: the auditor is coming to us
Dmitry Medvedev proposed appointing the head of the Accounts Chamber, Tatyana Golikova, to the post of Deputy Prime Minister for Health. The country's chief auditor has extensive experience in this area - from 2007 to 2012, Golikova was the Russian Minister of Health in the government of Vladimir Putin. It differs, firstly, in its activity, and secondly, in its special status.
Golikova is a regular speaker at the most furious discussions at Russian economic forums, she is one of the most quoted representatives of the Russian authorities and the main visionary of all the gigantic expenses of the Russian state.
The supervisory agency under Golikova turned into an isolated force - devastating reports often became the reason for resignations and criminal cases. Probably the loudest report was devoted to the construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome. The auditors came to the conclusion that the project estimate was overestimated by 13 billion rubles. The control body made it possible to identify schemes for the misuse of budgetary funds, as well as to prevent further overestimation of the cost.
Changer Golikova will have to work hard to at least maintain the achieved level, especially in the context of the trend towards the implementation of large-scale infrastructure projects.
Golikova herself will have to remember her past experience and try to prevent scandals, as was the case with drugs, in particular with Arbidol. Although Golikova's involvement in lobbying for the company's drugs could not be proved.
Kozak will get more work
Dmitry Kozak will remain in the position of Deputy Prime Minister, but some of the new powers that previously belonged to his colleague will be transferred to him. If earlier Kozak was responsible for regional development, infrastructure and housing and communal services in the subjects of Russia, now energy and industry are assigned to it.
Kozak does not have much experience in these areas, in October 2018 it will be 10 years since the Deputy Prime Minister has been in his position, but before that he was in charge of regional development. Also, his relationship with the relevant ministers is not obvious: the head and the head, since Kozak is considered one of the most closed persons of the Russian Cabinet.
Kaluga head
Even more mysterious for the layman is the person of the vice-premier. Akimov will largely replace Arkady Dvorkovich, transport, communications and the digital economy will fall under his jurisdiction. For Dvorkovich himself, who was in charge of energy and transport, the deprivation of his post was a big surprise; he only found out about his dismissal from his post on the day of Vladimir Putin's inauguration.
Maxim Akimov has been working in the government since 2012, when he received the post of deputy head of the government apparatus. In 2013, Akimov was expected to replace the post of Minister of Economic Development, but he got the post. After the arrest of the minister, Akimov again applied for the post of head of the Ministry of Economic Development, but in the end the chair resigned.
Before the government, Akimov worked in the administration of Kaluga and as deputy governor Kaluga region. great experience Akimov has no jobs in the industries that he got.
Deputy Prime Minister of the GDR
Previously, this place in the government was held by Dmitry Rogozin. It seems that they are not waiting for him in the new government. This may be due to Russia's numerous failures in the space industry. On April 27, 2016, Rogozin was reprimanded by Vladimir Putin because of problems with the Soyuz 2.1a launch vehicle, the launch of which had to be postponed. However, the troubles of the Deputy Prime Minister did not end there: on December 1 of the same year, the Progress MS-04 cargo ship crashed; on November 28, 2017, the Soyuz. satellites.
The fate of the five
In addition to Rogozin, five more deputy chairmen of the previous government were not included in Medvedev's list of candidates at the time of writing this material.
The fate of the first deputy chairman is unclear. He oversaw economic policy. Shuvalov was repeatedly dismissed, but he himself was very philosophical about his fate. “I want to work where the president says. I am glad for any work that the President will give,” the First Deputy Prime Minister answered this.
Medvedev did not mention Arkady Dvorkovich, who was in charge of the fuel and energy complex. President Vladimir Putin in 2017 subjected him to serious criticism for the fact that he paid insufficient attention, according to the head of state, to the transport industry. At that time, VIM-Avia was unable to pay off fuel suppliers and airports, which led to numerous cancellations and flight delays.
“I announce to you an incomplete official compliance. If you cope with this situation quickly and efficiently, then we will think with Dmitry Anatolyevich what to do with this incomplete official compliance, if you don’t cope, then we will think too, ”Putin said.
In addition, among the now ex-deputies - and, as well, who combined the post of deputy prime minister with the work of the presidential envoy in the Far Eastern Federal District.
Finally, former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin deserves special mention, who was expected to become First Deputy Prime Minister. However, Medvedev did not find a place for him in the future team. that Putin is considering returning Kudrin to the Cabinet as Deputy Prime Minister. Sources reported on plans to appoint a politician to a certain high post. Kudrin himself on May 7, in a conversation with RIA Novosti, refused to comment on this information.
After the Prime Minister's proposal, Russian President Putin announced that he approves the proposed candidacies of vice-premiers and ministers, he intends to sign a decree on appointments as early as Friday. Consequently, new composition Russian government will look like this.
Deputy Prime Ministers
For the post of First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Medvedev proposed the candidacy of Anton Siluanov. It was proposed to appoint Tatyana Golikova, who previously held the post of head of the Accounts Chamber, as deputy prime minister in charge of the social block.
Yuri Trutnev, according to Medvedev's proposal, will retain the post of Deputy Prime Minister - Permanent Representative in the Far Eastern Federal District. Aleksey Gordeev will become another vice-premier. Maxim Akimov, Olga Golodets, Yury Borisov, Vitaly Mutko, Dmitry Kozak and Konstantin Chuychenko will also take the positions of vice-premiers.
Earlier, Medvedev announced the following planned distribution of responsibilities between his future deputies:
- Siluanov, in the rank of First Deputy Prime Minister, will oversee the financial and economic block,
- Golikov - social bloc,
- Gordeev - agro-industrial complex,
- Kozak - industry and energy,
- Mutko - construction,
- Borisov - military-industrial complex,
- Golodets - culture and sport,
- Akimov - digital economy, transport and communications,
- Chuichenko is the head of the apparatus.
Ministers
According to Medvedev's proposal, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the Ministry of Defense Sergey Shoigu, the Ministry of Justice Alexander Konovalov, the Ministry of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, the Ministry of Health Veronika Skvortsova, the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev, the Ministry of Energy Alexander Novak will retain their posts in the new government of Russia.
Denis Manturov will retain the post of Minister of Industry and Trade, and Pavel Kolobkov - Minister of Sports. Medvedev suggested to Putin that Maxim Oreshkin be reappointed to the post of head of the Ministry of Economic Development, and Maxim Topilin to the post of Minister of Labor and Social Protection.
Dmitry Patrushev will become the Minister of Agriculture. The ex-governor of the Tyumen region Vladimir Yakushev will become the minister of construction and housing and communal services. Evgeny Zinichev was proposed to be appointed 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 nominated Mikhail Kotyukov for the post of Minister of Science and Higher Education.
Dmitry Kobylkin, governor of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, was proposed to be appointed head of the Ministry of Natural Resources in the new cabinet. Yevgeny Dietrich was proposed for the post of head of the Ministry of Transport, Alexander Kozlov, governor of the Amur Region, for the post of head of the Ministry for the Development of the Far East, and Sergey Chebotarev for the post of minister for the North Caucasus.
President's assessment
The President of Medvedev's proposals on the new composition of the Cabinet approved 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 discussed all the candidates in the morning.
"People are well-known, with good work experience, well-established," Putin said.
The President instructed to promptly resolve the issues of replacing officials leaving their posts.
“Okay, we will definitely do it. In the near future we will introduce all the new ministers to the teams of their ministries,” Medvedev replied.
Prime Minister's Diagnosis
"The government has just been finally formed by the president... It is capable, we can work, so we are making contact," Medvedev said after meeting with President Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The first meeting of the new government of the Russian Federation will be held early next week, before the opening of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (), Press Secretary of the Prime Minister Natalya Timakova told reporters.
House of the Government of the Russian Federation Photo: leadnz.ru
The inauguration of Vladimir Putin will take place on the afternoon of May 7. By tradition, in a few hours the president submits the candidacy of the prime minister for consideration by the Duma, then the first persons form the government within a few weeks. Thus, no later than the 20th of May, the country receives new office ministers. Until recently, it was believed that the cabinet could be radically updated, but the closer to the inauguration, the more often interlocutors NT in the government and the Kremlin they say that, most likely, the renewal will not be cardinal.
While changes will certainly be required, a new government cannot be formed from old faces, says a Kremlin source. Most likely, the weakest and most disgraced figures will leave, as well as those who have long and persistently shown a desire to change jobs. Who will leave, and who will remain in this case, correspondent NT I found out from officials of the presidential administration and the government, as well as in expert and business circles close to them.
Medvedev and his team
The main thing that the interlocutors agree on NT- Dmitry Medvedev, contrary to numerous rumors, will remain as prime minister. A high-ranking federal official, who even half a year ago did not rule out even Medvedev's early resignation, now says that "70%" Medvedev will remain prime minister. Other interlocutors of his prospects are much higher. The prime minister himself tells his acquaintances that he plans to continue working at his current place, says a person who often communicates with Medvedev.
Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry
Medvedev Photo: kremlin.ru
There are two arguments in favor of Medvedev. First, despite some disagreements with Putin, they still have “very a good relationship". “The president trusts him,” says an official close to the head of state. According to him, Putin appreciates that Medvedev resignedly agreed in 2011 to return power to him, although he did not really want to do this.
The second argument is related to the current foreign policy situation. After the announcement of new sanctions and even worsening of relations with the West, Putin does not want any serious changes at all, interlocutors say NT. Government sources believe that many plans may be frozen for the next few years, including those related to reforms and personnel changes. In principle, Putin does not like changes, and now, when the economy is storming, they seem all the more inappropriate to him.
If Medvedev remains as prime minister, then most likely his inner circle will also remain with him. First of all, we are talking about Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, who is close to him. However, Dvorkovich is unlikely to retain his current vast powers. “Perhaps you are overworked,” Putin told Dvorkovich last fall, criticizing cabinet members for the VIM-Avia scandal. The Deputy Prime Minister, in addition to the fuel and energy complex, also oversees transport.
The interlocutor in the government believes that many plans may be frozen for the next few years, including those related to reforms and personnel changes. Putin, in principle, does not like changes, and now, when the economy is storming, they seem all the more inappropriate to him.
Interlocutors NT the arrest of an oligarch close to him, a friend from his student years, who received large government contracts for the construction of stadiums and airports, is called a blow to Dvorkovich and a prerequisite for curtailing his powers.
There are too many important topics behind it, and there are too many who want to take on these powers, one of the interlocutors notes. According to him, if this is a condition for keeping one of the favorites in the Cabinet, then the prime minister will agree to this.
Deputy Prime Minister Arkady
Dvorkovich Photo: kremlin.ru
Perhaps, in the new government, Dvorkovich will take up the topic of sports. Since the beginning of this year, he has been overseeing preparations for the World Cup. Previously, the relevant Deputy Prime Minister was deprived of these powers Vitaly Mutko, which actually remained out of work. Apparently, Mutko will not remain in the new government, interlocutors are sure NT. However, he did not give up the fight. Recently, Mutko came to Prime Minister Medvedev with a request to load him with work and give him the opportunity to somehow participate in the preparations for the World Cup, even if not in the rank of head of the organizing committee, as before, says a source in the government. According to him, Medvedev for some reason succumbed to these persuasions, and now the two vice-premiers are working together on one event.
Another comrade-in-arms of the prime minister, his press secretary Natalya Timakova, will probably remain in power. True, according to sources NT in the government apparatus, Timakova is tired of working with the media, and she asks for another front. For example, she applied for the post of Minister of Culture, says a source in the Kremlin. However, in his opinion, she is unlikely to receive this post due to difficult relationship with director Nikita Mikhalkov. Putin listens to his opinion about personnel policy in the cultural sphere, and Vladimir Medinsky owes his appointment to the director.
Exodus of the Volodinskys
There is one minister in the government who meets several criteria for resignation at once - he quarreled with important people in his industry, and his main lobbyist is himself in a difficult position. This is the minister of education. Olga Vasilyeva.
Vasilyeva is called very complex, extremely unrestrained and not always understandable to her colleagues. For example, her religiosity sometimes seems excessive, says the source (it is said that she even missed important meetings due to religious holidays). In addition, she did not have a relationship with a profile assistant and an old acquaintance of the president, Andrei Fursenko. Finally, not everyone in the government likes her commitment to the Soviet standard of education and her desire to reverse many of the reforms of the past decade.
Minister of Education Olga Vasilyeva
Photo: nooov.ru
The history of Vasilyeva's appointment is called mysterious by many. Already at the beginning of 2016, the country's leadership had an understanding that the former Minister of Education, the unpopular Dmitry Livanov, would have to be sacrificed before the autumn elections to the State Duma. But then there was a long pause, as there were difficulties with the selection of his successor. At that moment, according to the interlocutors, several Vasilyeva's lobbyists fussed, including the then Kremlin curator domestic policy Vyacheslav Volodin - Vasilyeva worked under his leadership in the presidential administration of public projects. Another subordinate of Volodin, the head of the same department, Pavel Zenkovich, moved to the Ministry as her deputy.
However, Volodin was not the only conductor of Vasilyeva to the highest authority - the Russian Orthodox Church interceded for her, and, in addition, she has good relations with the wife of the prime minister, Svetlana Medvedeva, one of the officials notes.
In addition to Vasilyeva, other creatures of Volodin will probably lose their posts in the government. Most talk about the departure of the Minister for the Far East Alexander Galushka
Vyacheslav Vododin
Photo: vvolodin.ru
But at the very last years many difficulties arose. Sources NT earlier it was said that he stopped arranging Yuri Kovalchuk's group, influential and close to Vladimir Putin. After that, he was transferred to the speaker of the State Duma - this is formally a higher post, but now he has fewer administrative opportunities. The weakening of Volodin is also evidenced by the fact that soon after moving to the Duma, he lost control of the United Russia party - his protege Sergei Neverov was removed from the key post of Secretary of the General Council, and the former governor of the Pskov region Andrey Turchak replaced him in this position. Now there are constant conflicts between the Duma and the party. In particular, Turchak did not support Volodin and the State Duma as a whole, who decided to defend the head of the international committee, Leonid Slutsky, who was accused by journalists of harassment. Turchak said that be Slutsky a member of " United Russia"," we would sort it out quickly.
Therefore, it is likely that other creatures of Volodin will also lose their posts in the government. Most talk about the departure of the Minister for the Far East Alexandra Galushki. He is a native of the All-Russian popular front and was imposed on the relevant Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev. Now the government is more and more inclined to believe that the territorial ministries are no longer needed, so Trutnev has a good reason to get rid of Volodin's protégé, says a source in the government.
Make way for the young
First Deputy Prime Minister Igor
Shuvalov Photo: inkazan.ru
The government is talking about a possible change of officials who have been sitting in their places for a long time and would like to change jobs themselves. These primarily include the First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov: he has been in his current position for 10 years, and in total he has been in senior positions for more than 20 years. Shuvalov likes to say that he is not averse to changing jobs, the only question is who he will be after leaving the government, says an acquaintance of his: there are very few posts equal in status.
At the same time, the interlocutors NT we are sure that two key members of the financial and economic bloc of the government will retain their positions (or even go on promotion) - the young Minister of Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin, who is called the president's favorite in the media, and the experienced Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.
Prikhodko is tired and does not feel interested in his current work. One of his subordinates said NT that he is preparing to leave, because he has an understanding that "the boss in the new government will not be preserved"
Asks to change the field of activity of the Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak- he came to the leadership of the country simultaneously with Vladimir Putin in 1999. AT recent times he periodically complained to his acquaintances that he did not feel in demand for his current position in the Cabinet and asked Vladimir Putin to entrust him with more specific work, the source says.
Vice Prime Minister and Chief of Staff
government Sergei Prikhodko
Photo: kremlin.ru
Another experienced official is the Deputy Prime Minister and the head of the government apparatus Sergei Prikhodko. He was appointed Assistant to the President back in 1997. Now there is a lot of talk about his possible resignation: Prikhodko is tired and does not feel interested in work. One of his subordinates said NT that he is preparing to leave, because he has an understanding that "the boss in the new government will not be preserved." In early February, he turned out to be a defendant in the investigation of Alexei Navalny - the oppositionist spoke about how the official rode a yacht with businessman Oleg Deripaska. However, this scandal is unlikely to affect the official's career, the source said.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei
Lavrov Photo: vevby.ru
The key post of foreign minister remains in question. Sources in many media have previously reported on the possible departure of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov - he has been in office for a long time and is not in the best physical form. Interlocutors NT confirm that the configuration is being discussed in the entire foreign policy bloc, which also includes the presidential administration for foreign policy(its head Yuri Ushakov reached retirement age). Later, however, Kommersant reported that the minister would retain his post for another two or three years.
The problem of agriculture
Minister of Agriculture
Alexander Tkachev Photo: kremlin.ru
The most relevant rumor in the government is about the resignation of the Minister of Agriculture Alexandra Tkacheva, say two sources in the cabinet. At the same time, none of the interlocutors knows exactly why Tkachev can be fired. Perhaps a more influential contender has appeared in his place, the interlocutors say.
Formally, everything is in order in Russia in this industry - last year, farmers grew a record harvest in the entire history of the country. Kachev even announced that American farmers were in a fever amid Russia's success. Moreover, participation in the congress of agricultural producers was included in the final part of Putin's election program - he came to the farmers less than a week before the elections, when his schedule included only the most important and positive events from an informational point of view.
In general, it is believed that anti-sanctions in the field of agriculture worked, says a person in the market, the products of Russian farmers were partially able to replace foreign ones, he notes. According to him, in these conditions it is difficult to say about the minister's incompetence.
On the other hand, with the sale of a large harvest, producers have problems that the state is not yet able to solve. In addition, Tkachev has many opponents among other officials who understand agriculture. These are considered to be former minister Alexei Gordeev, who led the Voronezh region for a long time, but recently returned to Moscow - he became the presidential envoy to Central District. Therefore, it is possible that Tkachev's enemies will convince the president to replace the minister.
Weak and scandalous
Two more criteria for resignations, interlocutors say NT, is the absence of high-ranking intercessors from the minister or a large number of scandals associated with it.
Based on these criteria, at least two officials who do not have serious support may lose their posts. Sources NT referred to as the Minister of Labor Maxim Topilin and Minister of Communications Nikolai Nikiforov. For example, the latter is not taken seriously by presidential aide Igor Shchegolev. He did not play any role in loud scandal this year in the industry he oversees - in lockdown history. Although formally Roskomnadzor is subordinate to the Ministry of Communications, in fact, the head of the department, Alexander Zharov, coordinates his actions only with the Kremlin and the FSB, they note in a conversation with NT officials.
In general, Vladimir Putin will have to reshuffle - the country needs to demonstrate renewal amid growing problems, a source in the Kremlin says. No wonder the president used the phrase “new government” several times in his address to the Federal Assembly in March.
Previously interlocutors NT they said that, most likely, the minister of culture would lose his post Vladimir Medinsky. This is due to numerous scandals, including around his dissertation. The Kremlin's curator of domestic policy even decided to lobby his man for this post - the head of the public projects department, Sergei Novikov.
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin
Photo: kremlin.ru
Also in question is the fate of the curator of the military-industrial complex, vice-premier Dmitry Rogozin. Its prospects are doubtful due to the constant problems around, whose missiles regularly fall. For a long time the problems of the industry were attributed to a bad legacy, but the patience of the country's leadership was running out, the interlocutors say.
Vladimir Putin will have to reshuffle - the country needs to demonstrate renewal amid growing problems, says a source in the Kremlin. No wonder the president used the phrase "new government" several times in his address to the Federal Assembly in March. Another thing is that no one set the criteria for such an update, so theoretically it will be possible to talk about this, even while retaining the backbone of the current government, adds a source in the White House.
Today, during a meeting with the head of state, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev presented Vladimir Putin with an updated list of ministers from his Cabinet. It should be noted that the renewal and redistribution of powers within the government, as well as the formation of new departments, as previously predicted by experts and political scientists, affected primarily the scientific and innovative and partly economic block, which fits into the course outlined by the president to accelerate the technological development of the economy and increase its level of digitalization. It is also necessary to note the changes in the composition of the vice-premiers supervising the directions - their composition has undergone a significant change, also with an emphasis on the concentration of resources for key areas and great specialization.
First, attention is drawn to the division single ministry education and science into two more specialized departments. AT new structure government, the Ministry of Education, headed by Olga Vasilyeva, and the new Ministry of Science and Higher Education, which will be led by Mikhail Kotyukov, are formed.
Leaving Vasilyeva at the head of the Ministry of Education, which will still have secondary education, as well as general issues related to educational activities, is very symbolic. And all of Vasilyeva's previous experience and her professional background speak in favor of the fact that she will be more effective precisely in the post of Minister of Education. Experts have long said that within the framework of the large and clumsy Ministry of Education and Science, where both school and university education and science were combined, efforts seemed to be evenly "smeared" across all sectors and were not concentrated on breakthrough areas.
The formation of a new Ministry of Science and Higher Education is long overdue - one can criticize the reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences a lot, but it is clear that the main path of integrating science into practical life lies only through cooperation with universities and institutions. Academic institutions cannot and should not close in on themselves, besides being habitually engaged in some kind of murky economic affairs. The experience of FASO, with all the costs and problems associated with the process, shows that the stage of inventory and establishing an elementary financial order as a whole has been passed and it is necessary to move forward. Mikhail Kotyukov, who became the new head of the Ministry of Higher Education, should, according to the idea of the country's leadership, ensure continuity in this work and strengthen the integration of science and higher education.
The second interesting trend was the appointment of two people from the governor's corps as ministers. So, the Governor of the Amur Region Alexander Kozlov became the Minister for the Development of the Far East, the Governor of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Dmitry Kobylkin will head the Ministry of Natural Resources, and the Governor of the Tyumen Region Vladimir Yakushev will head the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Public Utilities.
The logic of these appointments is clear: Kobylkin, who has been in charge of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug for more than eight years, which in itself is one of the largest oil and gas producing regions of the country, knows better than anyone the problems of natural resources. Interestingly, Kobylkin headed the YNAO, which is part of the so-called Tyumen matryoshka - the only federal structure that has survived in the country, in which two full-fledged subjects of the federation - KhMAO and YNAO - are formally part of another region - the Tyumen region.
At the same time, the governor of the Tyumen region, Yakushev, also entered the new federal government. It should be noted that it was Yakushev who at one time replaced Sergei Sobyanin as head of the region, who left in 2005 to be promoted to Moscow to lead the Presidential Administration, and is currently the mayor of Moscow. If we talk about the new head of the Ministry for the Development of the Far East, Alexander Kozlov, then we must understand that it is the Amur Region that has become the flagship for the development of the entire Far East in recent years. It is here that the Vostochny cosmodrome is being built, it is in this region that as many as three priority development territories (TOR) are located, and colossal investments have been attracted to the Svobodny TOR - about 1.3 trillion rubles. Thus, the country's leadership, apparently, chose Kozlov's candidacy, based on the need to put at the head of the ministry, firstly, a local leader who knows the specifics of the regions, and secondly, the most successful of the Far Eastern governors.
On the other hand, we are witnessing the departure from the government as the relevant Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Khloponin, one of whose areas of responsibility was the supervision of the North Caucasus. Khloponin's nominee Lev Kuznetsov did not retain his post either - Sergey Chebotarev becomes the new Minister for the North Caucasus. Little is known about him: apparently, he is an experienced staff worker, the last position before being appointed is Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation for Interregional and Cultural Relations. It is obvious that the Kremlin decided to take tighter control over the financial and budgetary flows directed to the development of the regions of the North Caucasus, and to some extent "reset" relations with the local elites.
One of the most discussed recently was the creation on the basis of the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media of a department focused on the implementation of a new course to increase technological flexibility. Russian economy and transferring it to "digital rails". The notorious digitalization has outgrown already purely technological aspects information technologies and became managerial problem. The need to introduce IT solutions that provide a new quality of data transmission, tasks for the automation of production and Everyday life people will now be decided by the Ministry of Digital Development, Telecommunications and Mass Communications, headed by Konstantin Noskov.
From that moment on, the Ministry of Transport will be led by Yevgeny Dietrich, who was previously Deputy Minister Sokolov, who did not retain his post. Dietrich dealt with problems for many years road construction, was the head of Rosavtodor, also headed Rostransnadzor. It was Dietrich who oversaw the construction of the road segment of the Crimean Bridge, which has become one of the key transport projects in modern Russia.
The Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev could not keep his post either - now it will be the Chairman of the Board of Rosselkhozbank Dmitry Patrushev, who during his time as head of the RSHB was able to bring the bank among the leaders in terms of attracted customer funds (for example, the total portfolio of customer funds reached 2, 3 trillion rubles). It should be noted that Agriculture in recent years, especially as a result of the introduction of anti-sanctions restrictions, has shown explosive growth. Obviously, the country's leadership decided to expand and support the agricultural sector, and Patrushev's candidacy was selected based on this logic.
The heads of the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Justice remained in their posts, which in general indicates satisfaction with their work on the part of the country's leadership. But the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations has changed: instead of Vladimir Puchkov, the department will be headed by Evgeny Zinichev, who previously held the position of deputy director of the FSB. It should be noted that the management of the Ministry of Emergency Situations has accumulated a lot of questions in recent years - numerous problems with the financing of departments in the regions, problems in fire supervision, financial abuse have led to the fact that the need for changes in the Ministry of Emergency Situations has become obvious even to people far from departmental realities. The appointment of a professional security officer to the post of minister, apparently, is intended to start the purges of the ministry and put in order its administrative and economic apparatus. Taking into account the fact that the Ministry of Emergency Situations has a number of supervisory functions and numerous media reports about their abuse, it is quite reasonable to expect future investigations with criminal cases against officials of the department.
The configuration of the bloc of vice-premiers is also changing. The most significant in this regard is the appointment of Anton Siluanov as First Deputy Chairman of the Government, while retaining the post of Minister of Finance. Traditionally, a person in the position of the first deputy chairman of the government is considered responsible for the entire financial and economic bloc. The appointment of Siluanov to it, as it were, indicates the fact that the emphasis in macroeconomic policy will be on issues of general budgetary stabilization and strengthening control over spending. At the same time, Igor Shuvalov, who had his own political and apparatus weight, was replaced by a typical technocrat Siluanov. If we talk about economic bloc, it is noteworthy that the post of Minister of Economic Development was left to Maxim Oreshkin. At the same time, many structural changes in the government, the strengthening of the financial bloc, coupled with the formation of an updated Ministry of Communications, as well as the transfer of foreign trade missions to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, allow us to say that the Ministry of Economic Development directly does not have so many levers to influence the real economy - the focus is obvious is shifting towards industrial and IT ministries.
Also noteworthy is the second coming to the government of Alexei Gordeev, who, in the rank of vice-premier, will oversee agriculture. Gordeev is generally a unique example of a person who, relatively speaking, was "exiled" to a region that was not the most promising to raise the countryside and the economy. For many federal ministers, this would mean the end of their careers, but Gordeev achieved obvious success in his new place, turning the Voronezh region into one of the leaders in the agro-industrial complex in the Central Federal District, as a result of which he was promoted, first as an plenipotentiary, and now as a specialized agricultural deputy prime minister .
The creation of two vice-premier positions to oversee the social bloc and the appointment of Tatyana Golikova as curator of healthcare, education and social policy is explained by the start of the implementation of the large-scale program announced by President Putin to improve the living standards of the country's population and the new May decrees. About eight trillion rubles will be spent for these purposes, and Golikova, with her gigantic experience at the head of the Accounts Chamber, will be called upon to control the spending of these colossal funds.
Olga Golodets will be left with the sphere of culture and sports. By the way, the current ministers of sports and culture, Pavel Kolobkov and Vladimir Medinsky, remain in their posts, which can be assessed as satisfaction with the results of the work of these ministries. Throwing Golodets to sports (instead of Vitaly Mutko, who became the profile "vice" for construction) is also intended to turn the page of scandals around domestic sports. Regardless of how much Mutko was involved in doping problems, his name in international sports structures is closely associated with this topic. Moreover, it must be admitted that both in terms of style and the nature of his work, he is much closer to economic and construction topics. Say what you like, but a whole list of world sporting events, ranging from the Universiade and the Olympics to the 2018 World Cup starting in Russia in less than a month, is, first of all, a big construction work, which was supervised by Mutko.
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