MOSCOW, May 10. State Duma at a plenary session adopted a draft resolution on the approval of Mikhail Mishustin as Prime Minister of Russia.
His candidacy was supported by 375 deputies, 57 abstained, and there were no votes against.
«The State Duma of the Federal Assembly decides: 1. To approve Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin as chairman government. 2. Send this resolution to the President of Russia. 3. This resolution comes into force from the date of its adoption,” the document says.
Now the new prime minister must, within a week, submit proposals to the head of state on the structure of federal executive bodies, and within two weeks, candidates for deputy prime ministers and federal ministers for approval by the State Duma (with the exception of the heads of the security bloc and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
The lower house of parliament makes decisions no later than a week. As department speaker Vyacheslav Volodin clarified, on Monday, May 13, deputies will consider candidates for the positions of deputy prime ministers, and on Tuesday, May 14, for the positions of ministers. Next, all appointments must be approved by the president.
The heads of the Ministry of Defense, FSB, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are appointed by the head of state himself after consultations with the Federation Council. The first deputy chairman of the international committee of the upper house of parliament, Vladimir Dzhabarov, said that consultations on this issue will begin on May 13.
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Four years of Mishustin's premiership In January 2020, Vladimir Putin dismissed the government of Dmitry Medvedev and nominated Mikhail Mishustin, at that time the head of the Federal Tax Service, to the Duma. For the first time in the history of the State Duma, not a single deputy spoke out against the future prime minister: 383 were in favor, 41 abstained.
The new Cabinet, formed on January 21, almost immediately faced difficult conditions: the coronavirus pandemic began. Nevertheless, the government managed to create a mechanism to support entrepreneurs and vulnerable groups of the population, as well as organize the provision of medical care.
After the start of the special operation, many sanctions were imposed against Russia, but the collapse of the economy, contrary to the expectations of Western politicians, did not occur. As Putin has noted more than once, the government has coped with this challenge.
According to him, unlike unfriendly countries, the Russian economy is strengthening. Thus, from 2020 to 2022, GDP grew by 4.7% and last year — by more than three.
In early May, FOM conducted a survey on the attitude of Russians towards Mishustin’s Cabinet: 58% of respondents positively assessed the work of the government under his leadership. The prime minister's personal rating is even higher — 60% approval.