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Mikhail Mishustin's Cabinet
The Mikhail Mishustin Cabinet (russian: Правительство Мишустина) is the federal government of Russia, formed in 2020, led by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. It succeeded the previous one led by Dmitry Medvedev. The Cabinet was formed between 16 and 21 January 2020 and is the last one following the constitutional reform of 2020 which has significantly changed the order of government formation. On 30 April 2020 Mishustin tested positive for COVID-19. Mishustin confirmed his test results in a video conference with President Vladimir Putin, and nominated his deputy to take over for him as acting Prime Minister. Putin signed a decree appointing Andrey Belousov to the role on an acting basis, following Mishustin's recommendation. In May, three more ministers also tested positive for coronavirus and were temporarily replaced by their deputies. Formation The government began to form after the resignation of Dmitry Medvedev's cabinet on 15 January 2020. Medve ...
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Mikhail Mishustin
Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin ( rus, links=no, Михаил Владимирович Мишустин, , mixɐˈil vlɐˈdʲimʲirəvʲitɕ miˈʂusʲtʲɪn; born 3 March 1966) is a Russian politician and economist serving as the prime minister of Russia since 16 January 2020. He previously served as the director of the Federal Taxation Service from 2010 to 2020. President Vladimir Putin nominated Mishustin to become prime minister on 15 January 2020, following the resignation of Dmitry Medvedev and the rest of the government to allow for 2020 amendments to the Constitution of Russia, sweeping constitutional changes. Hearings on his appointment took place in the State Duma on 16 January, and he was confirmed in office that day. His deputy, Andrey Belousov, served as acting prime minister from April to May 2020 after Mishustin tested positive for COVID-19. Early life and education Mikhail Mishustin was born on 3 March 1966 in Lobnya, a town close to Moscow, or in Moscow itself ...
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Vladimir Putin With Mikhail Mishustin (2020-01-15) 01
Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Ukrainian version of the name * Włodzimierz (given name) for the Polish version of the name * Valdemar for the Germanic version of the name * Wladimir for an alternative spelling of the name Places * Vladimir, Russia, a city in Russia * Vladimir Oblast, a federal subject of Russia * Vladimir-Suzdal, a medieval principality * Vladimir, Ulcinj, a village in Ulcinj Municipality, Montenegro * Vladimir, Gorj, a commune in Gorj County, Romania * Vladimir, a village in Goiești Commune, Dolj County, Romania * Vladimir (river), a tributary of the Gilort in Gorj County, Romania * Volodymyr (city), a city in Ukraine Religious leaders * Metropolitan Vladimir (other), multiple * Jovan Vladimir (d. 1016), ruler of Doclea and a saint of the Se ...
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Vladimir Medinsky
Vladimir Rostislavovich Medinsky (russian: link=no, Владимир Ростиславович Мединский, uk, Володимир Ростиславович Мединський; born July 18, 1970) is a Russian political figure, academic and publicist who served as the Ministry of Culture (Russia), Minister of Culture from May 2012 to January 2020. He is a member of the General Council of the United Russia party. Biography Medinsky was born in the city of Smila, Ukraine, Smila in the Cherkasy Oblast of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR. Education * 1987–1992 – Student in the International Journalism Faculty in the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (МГИМО МИД России). * 1993–1994 – graduated in the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. Career *1991–1992 – trainee in the Press Service of the Embassy of the USSR, and then Russia, in the United States, in Washington D.C. * 1992–1998 – ...
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Olga Vasilieva (politician)
Olga Yurevna Vasilieva (sometimes transliterated as Vasilyeva, russian: О́льга Ю́рьевна Васи́льева; born 13 January 1960 in Bugulma) is a Russian politician and historian, who served in Vladimir Putin's government as Minister of Education and Science (2016—2018), and as Minister of Education from May 2018 to January 2020. She is known for defending Soviet policies and for making controversial statements that were perceived as supportive of Joseph Stalin. Early years Vasilieva was born in 1960 in Bugulma. In 1979 she graduated with a degree in Choir and Conducting from Moscow State Institute of Culture. Later in the mid-1980s she studied history at Moscow State University for Humanities. For several years she was a singing-master and a history teacher. Afterwards she switched to research work as a historian. In 1987 she was admitted to the Ph.D. program in the Institute of History of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1990 she defended her Ph.D. dis ...
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Dmitry Patrushev
Dmitry Nikolayevich Patrushev (russian: Дмитрий Николаевич Патрушев; born 13 October 1977) is a Russian banker and politician serving as the Minister of Agriculture of Russia since 18 May 2018. Dmitry Patrushev is the son of Nikolai Patrushev, former Director of FSB and current Secretary of the Russian Security Council. Following the publication of the Navalny 35 list of Russian human rights abusers and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, sanctions were imposed against Patrushev by Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Biography Dmitry Patrushev was born in Leningrad on 13 October 1977. Education In 1999, he graduated from the State University of Management with a degree in Management. From 2002 to 2004, he studied at the Diplomatic Academy in the specialty "World Economy". In 2006, he graduated from the FSB Academy. Scientific activity On April 16, 2003, Patrushev defended his PhD dissertation on organizational and economic foundati ...
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Alexey Gordeyev
Alexey Vasilyevich Gordeyev (russian: Алексей Васильевич Гордеев; born 28 February 1955) is a Russian politician who served as Member and Deputy Speaker of the State Duma. Previously he was the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia from 2000 to 2004 and from 2018 to 2020, Governor of Voronezh Oblast Voronezh Oblast (russian: Воронежская область, Voronezhskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Voronezh. Its population was 2,308,792 as of the 2021 Census. Geography V ... from 2009 to 2017 and Agriculture Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2009. References External links *Personal website of Alexey Gordeyev 1955 births 1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation People from Frankfurt (Oder) Governors of Voronezh Oblast United Russia politicians 21st-century Russian politicians Living people Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Fede ...
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Dmitry Kozak
Dmitry Nikolayevich Kozak ( rus, Дмитрий Николаевич Кóзак, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ kˈozak, uk, Дмитро Миколайович Козак; born 7 November 1958) is a Russian politician who has served as the Deputy Kremlin Chief of Staff since 24 January 2020. He previously served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia from 2008 to 2020. Known as the Cheshire Cat (russian: Чеширский кот) because of his smile, Kozak is part of the Vlast' (russian: Власть) or power group from St. Petersburg close to Putin. He served previously as the Regional Development Minister in the Russian cabinet headed by Viktor Zubkov from 2007 to 2008. From 2004 to 2007, he served as Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Southern Federal District (North Caucasus and Southern European Russia). Dmitry Kozak is a close ally of Vladimir Putin, having worked with him in the St Petersburg city administration during the 1990s and later ...
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Tatyana Golikova
Tatiana Alexeyevna Golikova (Russian: Татьяна Алексеевна Голикова; born 9 February 1966) is a Russian politician and economist who serves as the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia for Social Policy, Labour, Health and Pension Provision since 2018. From 2007 to 2012, she served as the Minister of Health and Social Development and Chairwoman of the Account Chamber of Russia from 2013 to 2018. Early life and education Golikova was born on 9 February 1966 in Mytishchi, Russian SFSR. She graduated from the Plekhanov Institute of the National Economy with a specialization in labour economics in 1987. Career Golikova was an economist in the State Budget Department at the Finance Ministry from 1990 to 1992. She moved on to hold the post of Chief Economist in the State Budget Department at the Finance Ministry from 1992 to 1995 and was then Deputy Head of State Budget Department at the Finance Ministry from 1995 to 1998. From April to August 1998, she held th ...
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Vyacheslav Volodin
Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin (russian: Вячеслав Викторович Володин; born 4 February 1964) is a Russian politician who currently serves as the 10th Chairman of the State Duma (since 5 October 2016). He is a former aide to President Vladimir Putin. The former Secretary-General of the United Russia party, he was a deputy in the State Duma from 1999 until 2011 and from 2016 to present day. From 2010 until 2012, he was Deputy Prime Minister of Russia. He is also a former first deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia. Volodin engineered Putin's conservative turn in his third term. He is part of Putin's inner circle. Early life and education Volodin was born 4 February 1964 in the village of Alexeyevka, Khvalynsky District, Saratov Oblast, in a large family. His father was the captain of the river fleet; he died at the age of 51 in 1969. After the death of his father, he was brought up by his stepfather. His sister is an empl ...
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Civic Platform (Russia)
Civic Platform ( rus, Гражда́нская Платфо́рма, Grazhdanskaya Platforma, ɡrɐʐˈdanskəjə plɐtˈformə) is a conservative political party in Russia. The party was formed on 4 June 2012 by businessman and 2012 presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov. The party was formed with 500 members, the minimum number required by law for a party to be registered in Russia, with the party originally being founded as a rudimentary mechanism through which independent candidates could stand in elections. Prokhorov announced his decision to leave the party in 2015 and was subsequently replaced by Rifat Shaykhutdinov as party leader. Since then, the party has supported President Vladimir Putin. Following the 2016 elections, the party currently has one representative in the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament. Purpose According to founder Mikhail Prokhorov, the Civic Platform was founded primarily in order to "participate in municipal elections in ...
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Federal Assembly (Russia)
The Federal Assembly ( rus, Федера́льное Собра́ние, r=Federalnoye Sobraniye, p=fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnəjə sɐˈbranʲɪjə) is the national legislature of the Russian Federation, according to the Constitution of the Russian Federation (1993). It was preceded by the Supreme Soviet of Russia. It consists of the State Duma, which is the lower house, and the Federation Council, which is the upper house. Both houses are located in Moscow. The Chairman of the Federation Council is the third most important position after the President and the Prime Minister. In the case that both the President and the Prime Minister are incapacitated, the Chairman of the upper house of the Russian parliament becomes Acting President of Russia. The jurisdiction of the State Duma includes: consent to the appointment of the Prime Minister of Russia, Chairman of the Government, deciding the issue of confidence in the Government, appointment and dismissal of the Chairman of the Centra ...
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