On January 22, Russian Prime Minister Mishustin (Chinese) attended the new cabinet meeting. | TASS
According to Russian media reports, Russian President Putin signed a presidential decree on January 21 to determine the structure of the Russian Federation's executive power organ and appoint a new cabinet member such as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister. The day before, Putin proposed to parliament to replace the federal attorney general, which is another major personnel adjustment in the Russian political system after the reorganization of the Medvedev government on the 15th. Some analysts believe that except for key areas such as diplomacy and national defense, candidates in other leadership positions have transitioned to technocracy.
According to the presidential decree published on the Kremlin website, the new Russian government has nine deputy prime ministers, of which Belousov is the first deputy prime minister; the deputy prime minister and director of the government office are Grigorenko; the plenipotentiary representative of the vice prime minister and president in the Far Eastern Federal District are Trutnev.
On the list of 21 ministers, except for 12 other members of Foreign Minister Lavrov , Defense Minister Shoigu, Energy Minister Novak, etc., the nine ministers including the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security are all new faces.
From the list, in addition to the new Prime Minister Mishustin from the Federal Taxation Bureau, the newly appointed Deputy Prime Ministers Overchuk and Grigolianko are also from the Federal Taxation Bureau, and have previously served as Mishustin's deputy. Most of the nine new ministers were from practical departments and had work experience in urban infrastructure, social security, and economic digital transformation.
Experts believe that this government reorganization has maintained policy stability in the fields of security and defense, while in terms of economy and social security, the new government has mostly launched technocrats with practical experience, which is consistent with the reform direction emphasized by Putin's State of the Union address on the 15th.
In addition, it is worth noting that the presidential decree announced the abolition of the North Caucasus Affairs Department and transferred its functions to the Ministry of Economic Development. However, according to TASS on the 22nd, Putin proposed that Federal Attorney General Yuri Chaika serve as the plenipotent representative of the North Caucasus Federal District .
According to the "Russia Today" TV station, Chaika was born in 1951 and served as the government's Attorney General from 1999 to 2006. He was appointed as the Attorney General of the Russian Federation in June 2006, and was subsequently re-elected twice in 2011 and 2016. Russian Businessman said that during the more than ten years as attorney general, Chaika firmly cracked down on corruption, extremism and terrorism and reformed the Russian procuratorate. Putin once praised Chaika as the "spiritual leader" of the fight against terrorism. According to TASS, Chaika took over affairs in the North Caucasus region this time, which is also Putin valued his practical experience in the field of anti-terrorism.
Putin also proposed that the FBI Vice Chairman Igor Krasnov serve as the new Attorney General. Krasnov was reportedly born in December 1975 and was "a great and powerful investigator." Russian Meduza magazine investigation said that Krasnov played an important role in the investigation of the assassination case of opposition leader Nemtov , and reported the progress of the investigation to Putin many times. In addition, Meduza also said that Krasnov is very low-key and rarely appears in the media, just as he himself said, "investigation likes silence." Analysts believe that Putin's personnel layout reflects the characteristics of "two-handed grasp": while focusing on cultivating young technocrats, he still deploys strong "veterans" in the field of security.
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