Putin approves minor Russian government reshuffle
Putin backed the shake-up as Mishustin proposed new deputies and ministers, with nearly half of the deputy prime ministers affected, Reuters reported.
- On Monday, President Vladimir Putin approved a government reshuffle proposed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reported that Putin endorsed the personnel changes after discussing social and economic matters.
- The reshuffle follows parliamentary elections last month that gave the United Russia party its largest-ever majority. Officials are restructuring the cabinet to find new economic growth sources amid rising budget deficits, higher taxes, and high interest rates.
- First Deputy Finance Minister Irina Okladnikova will replace Dmitry Grigorenko as chief of government staff. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov will serve as deputy prime minister while retaining his Finance Ministry role, previously held from 2018 to 2020.
- Transportation Minister Andrei Nikitin will become a deputy prime minister, with Dmitry Yadrov nominated to succeed him. Primorye region Governor Oleg Kozhemyako was nominated as deputy prime minister and presidential envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District.
- State Duma leadership was alerted over the weekend to hold last-minute meetings on Monday to schedule confirmation votes. The new ministers will face parliamentary approval in the coming weeks, according to the Kremlin.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday promoted Finance Minister Anton Siluanov to the position of deputy prime minister in a surprise cabinet reshuffle seen as a move to maintain macroeconomic stability and fiscal discipline at a time when Russia's budget deficit and the cost of the war in Ukraine are rising.
Reshuffle comes following September parliamentary elections
In the current period, additional coordination of financial discipline is needed, so Anton Siluanov's powers in the new position will be expanded, Dmitry Peskov said
In the current period, additional coordination of financial discipline is needed, so Anton Siluanov's powers in the new position will be expanded, Dmitry Peskov said.•Today, Mikhail Mishustin proposed appointing Siluanov as Deputy Prime Minister while...
The Head of Government, Mikhail Mischustin, has sent to the State for confirmation today the new members of the Government, agreed upon with President Vladimir Putin, as reported by the Kabmin press service, which deals with the four vice-premier posts and the Minister of Transport in the morning.
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