Cabinet shakeup in Russia

RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS - In Brief 21 Jan 2020 by Alex Teddy
Russia's new PM Mikhail Mishustin has reshaped the cabinet dramatically on January 21. The key posts (foreign affairs, the interior, defense, energy, emergencies and finance) have all retained the same ministers as before. However, Anton Siluanov (Finance Minister) has had his additional office of First Deputy Prime Minister removed from him. The underperforming ministers have been dismissed. Some of the less effective deputy prime ministers have also been fired. Russia has eight deputy prime ministers at a time. The deputy PMs are all distinguished in different fields. Dmitry Chernyshenko, for example, organized the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Igor Krasnov has now been confirmed as the new prosecutor general. The new cabinet is in many respects Prime Minister Mishustin's choice. It is unlikely that he acted alone, as would be natural given that he was not given much advance warning that he was going to be appointed PM. Mishustin was confirmed as PM by the Duma on January 16 without a single vote against him, although some communist deputies abstained in the vote. The Ministry for the North Caucasus has been abolished. Mishustin heard from all the parties in the Duma. This helped him decide which ministers were unpopular and should therefore be dismissed. The ministers who have been replaced include the minister for sport, the health minister, the culture minister and the economics minister. The Minister for Justice Alexander Konovalov has been dismissed. Significantly, he was seen as an ally of Medvedev. The new Minister for Sport is Oleg Matytsin. His task is to appeal the World Anti Doping Agency's ban on Russia in certain sporting competitions. Andrei Belousov is t...

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