MOSCOW -- Russia has appointed a new prime minister - Mikhail Mishustin, whose designation has been confirmed in State Duma, lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia
Mikhail Mishustin appointed new Prime Minister of Russia
MOSCOW -- Russia has appointed a new prime minister - Mikhail Mishustin, whose designation has been confirmed in State Duma, lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia
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Foto: Tanjug/AP/The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation
He got appointed new Prime Minister after the "sudden" resignation of Dmitry Medvedev, which in turn followed a speech by the Russian President before state Duma deputies. Many international media report that behind this decision is Vladimir Putin's agenda, who aims to remain in power.
Vladimir Putin had earlier proposed Mishustin, formerly head of the Federal Tax Service, as a candidate.
Before being officially named the new Prime Minister of Russia, Mishustin announced a major cabinet reshuffle but each of these changes is exactly in line with what Putin spoke about yesterday.
Associated Press (AP) reports that Mikhail Mishustin never had any political ambitions as a career bureaucrat and his name didn’t came up as a top candidate to become Russia’s next prime minister.
Mishustin’s lack of political ambition or any political experience indicates that he is likely to dutifully carry out the Kremlin’s wishes as the head of the Cabinet — which some commentators point out is especially important in the “transition period” of constitutional reforms proposed by Putin.
As a career bureaucrat who has been in charge of Russia’s taxes for the past 10 years, Mishustin has always kept a low profile and stayed away from politics. He doesn’t belong to a political party and in rare interviews prefers to talk about innovations in tax administration.
Mishustin, who has a degree in information technology, has been a state official for the past two decades. His career kicked off in 1998, when he became deputy head of the State Tax Service.
In 1998, he joined the state service as an assistant for information systems for accounting and control over the receipt of tax payments to the head of the State tax service of the Russian Federation. Then he worked at the rank of Deputy Minister of the Russian Federation for taxes and duties, head of the Federal Agency for Real Estate Cadaster within the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, and head of the Federal Agency for Managing Special Economic Zones.
In 2010, Mikhail Mishustin was appointed head of the Federal Tax Service.
Mishustin has been hailed for modernizing Russia’s rigid tax administration system and boosting tax collection rates. Government officials and businessmen describe him as a professional and effective manager who understands the economy well, which makes him a good fit for the Cabinet during a time when Russia’s economy is weakened.
He is the author of three books on tax administration and 40 scientific textbooks.
He was one of the initiators of the opening of the State Higher School of Economics, Institute for Real Estate Economics, and in 2008, he resigned in the public service to work for two years at UFG Capital partners.
So as much as this looks like dictatorship, it might be the only good option for Russia unlike what we have in the west. (Peggy, 20 January 2020 01:10)
Did Kim Jong-un write these lines?
(Make Serbia Great, 20 January 2020 16:44)
===…==
I said it looks like a dictatorship, but we all know it isn't. People can still vote for the other parties. Funny thing, they don't.
Could it be that Russians also know that Putin is their only hope right now? (Peggy, 20 January 2020 23:16)
Right now I am authoring a book on the topic of self-deception. May I have legal permission to quote your comments in this thread?
(Make Serbia Great, 21 January 2020 17:27)
So as much as this looks like dictatorship, it might be the only good option for Russia unlike what we have in the west. (Peggy, 20 January 2020 01:10)
Did Kim Jong-un write these lines?
(Make Serbia Great, 20 January 2020 16:44)
===…==
I said it looks like a dictatorship, but we all know it isn't. People can still vote for the other parties. Funny thing, they don't.
Could it be that Russians also know that Putin is their only hope right now?
(Peggy, 20 January 2020 23:16)
Now as far as staying in power is concerned, well that's not exactly democratic. He is doing everything in order to stay in power for as long as possible and ordinarily I would say it's a horrible use of power but since there is no credible opposition and Russia NEEDS a strongman to help it through the transition from Communism to Capitalism, there is no other alternative...Putin knows that if he isn't at the helm Russia isn't going to continue on this improvement path. He has to be there, therefore he has to find a way to be there.
Who is the alternative and would they only become America's puppets or have Russia first intentions?
So as much as this looks like dictatorship, it might be the only good option for Russia unlike what we have in the west. (Peggy, 20 January 2020 01:10)
Did Kim Jong-un write these lines?
(Make Serbia Great, 20 January 2020 16:44)
I guess that you are talking about Russia not having a democracy like the west where people at the top change. Well in the US the same 2 parties have ruled for over 180 years now. In its entire history they have only had a President belonging to the 2 parties.
The 2 parties have the same agenda regardless what the people want. They elected Trump because they were tired of wars but look at it today; its business as usual. You should open your eyes.
If you live in the US then you have no future since your democratically elected politicians are selling you out through debt and money printing.
(sj, 20 January 2020 15:21)
Russia has no future under Putin.
(Pam Gaynor, 16 January 2020 23:24)
==
That's not true. Putin has brought Russia from ruin to the power it is today. It's all Putin's doing.
Now as far as staying in power is concerned, well that's not exactly democratic. He is doing everything in order to stay in power for as long as possible and ordinarily I would say it's a horrible use of power but since there is no credible opposition and Russia NEEDS a strongman to help it through the transition from Communism to Capitalism, there is no other alternative.
The US and Australia both have the same useless system of only one of two parties can win and at the end they both start to resemble each other which means we don't have options. It becomes like a the system that Russia is having now. What is the difference really?
Putin knows that if he isn't at the helm Russia isn't going to continue on this improvement path. He has to be there, therefore he has to find a way to be there.
Who is the alternative and would they only become America's puppets or have Russia first intentions?
So as much as this looks like dictatorship, it might be the only good option for Russia unlike what we have in the west.
Yes we have a different face in the WH after 8 years at the most but so what? The new face is being controlled by the same master.
In Australia it's a little worse. The PM can stay as a party leader for life and keeps his job for life as long as that party keeps winning.
(Peggy, 20 January 2020 01:10)
Just another dummy for ventriloquist Putin. Doesn’t anyone realize that Vlad has plans to make himself president for life, just like Papa Doc of Haiti did, and as did Castro, Qaddafi, Idi Amin, and Xi of China. Russia has no future under Putin.
(Pam Gaynor, 16 January 2020 23:24)
Putin's regime has been kicked up a notch in desperation to stay in power and achieve nothing as the last 20 years have already proven. He is like a hamster on a wheel.
(Just saying.., 16 January 2020 22:56)
Putin's regime has been kicked up a notch in desperation to stay in power and achieve nothing as the last 20 years have already proven. He is like a hamster on a wheel.
(Just saying.., 16 January 2020 22:56)
Just another dummy for ventriloquist Putin. Doesn’t anyone realize that Vlad has plans to make himself president for life, just like Papa Doc of Haiti did, and as did Castro, Qaddafi, Idi Amin, and Xi of China. Russia has no future under Putin.
(Pam Gaynor, 16 January 2020 23:24)
So as much as this looks like dictatorship, it might be the only good option for Russia unlike what we have in the west. (Peggy, 20 January 2020 01:10)
Did Kim Jong-un write these lines?
(Make Serbia Great, 20 January 2020 16:44)
===…==
I said it looks like a dictatorship, but we all know it isn't. People can still vote for the other parties. Funny thing, they don't.
Could it be that Russians also know that Putin is their only hope right now?
(Peggy, 20 January 2020 23:16)
I guess that you are talking about Russia not having a democracy like the west where people at the top change. Well in the US the same 2 parties have ruled for over 180 years now. In its entire history they have only had a President belonging to the 2 parties.
The 2 parties have the same agenda regardless what the people want. They elected Trump because they were tired of wars but look at it today; its business as usual. You should open your eyes.
If you live in the US then you have no future since your democratically elected politicians are selling you out through debt and money printing.
(sj, 20 January 2020 15:21)
Now as far as staying in power is concerned, well that's not exactly democratic. He is doing everything in order to stay in power for as long as possible and ordinarily I would say it's a horrible use of power but since there is no credible opposition and Russia NEEDS a strongman to help it through the transition from Communism to Capitalism, there is no other alternative...Putin knows that if he isn't at the helm Russia isn't going to continue on this improvement path. He has to be there, therefore he has to find a way to be there.
Who is the alternative and would they only become America's puppets or have Russia first intentions?
So as much as this looks like dictatorship, it might be the only good option for Russia unlike what we have in the west. (Peggy, 20 January 2020 01:10)
Did Kim Jong-un write these lines?
(Make Serbia Great, 20 January 2020 16:44)
Russia has no future under Putin.
(Pam Gaynor, 16 January 2020 23:24)
==
That's not true. Putin has brought Russia from ruin to the power it is today. It's all Putin's doing.
Now as far as staying in power is concerned, well that's not exactly democratic. He is doing everything in order to stay in power for as long as possible and ordinarily I would say it's a horrible use of power but since there is no credible opposition and Russia NEEDS a strongman to help it through the transition from Communism to Capitalism, there is no other alternative.
The US and Australia both have the same useless system of only one of two parties can win and at the end they both start to resemble each other which means we don't have options. It becomes like a the system that Russia is having now. What is the difference really?
Putin knows that if he isn't at the helm Russia isn't going to continue on this improvement path. He has to be there, therefore he has to find a way to be there.
Who is the alternative and would they only become America's puppets or have Russia first intentions?
So as much as this looks like dictatorship, it might be the only good option for Russia unlike what we have in the west.
Yes we have a different face in the WH after 8 years at the most but so what? The new face is being controlled by the same master.
In Australia it's a little worse. The PM can stay as a party leader for life and keeps his job for life as long as that party keeps winning.
(Peggy, 20 January 2020 01:10)
So as much as this looks like dictatorship, it might be the only good option for Russia unlike what we have in the west. (Peggy, 20 January 2020 01:10)
Did Kim Jong-un write these lines?
(Make Serbia Great, 20 January 2020 16:44)
===…==
I said it looks like a dictatorship, but we all know it isn't. People can still vote for the other parties. Funny thing, they don't.
Could it be that Russians also know that Putin is their only hope right now? (Peggy, 20 January 2020 23:16)
Right now I am authoring a book on the topic of self-deception. May I have legal permission to quote your comments in this thread?
(Make Serbia Great, 21 January 2020 17:27)
Just another dummy for ventriloquist Putin. Doesn’t anyone realize that Vlad has plans to make himself president for life, just like Papa Doc of Haiti did, and as did Castro, Qaddafi, Idi Amin, and Xi of China. Russia has no future under Putin.
(Pam Gaynor, 16 January 2020 23:24)
Putin's regime has been kicked up a notch in desperation to stay in power and achieve nothing as the last 20 years have already proven. He is like a hamster on a wheel.
(Just saying.., 16 January 2020 22:56)
Russia has no future under Putin.
(Pam Gaynor, 16 January 2020 23:24)
==
That's not true. Putin has brought Russia from ruin to the power it is today. It's all Putin's doing.
Now as far as staying in power is concerned, well that's not exactly democratic. He is doing everything in order to stay in power for as long as possible and ordinarily I would say it's a horrible use of power but since there is no credible opposition and Russia NEEDS a strongman to help it through the transition from Communism to Capitalism, there is no other alternative.
The US and Australia both have the same useless system of only one of two parties can win and at the end they both start to resemble each other which means we don't have options. It becomes like a the system that Russia is having now. What is the difference really?
Putin knows that if he isn't at the helm Russia isn't going to continue on this improvement path. He has to be there, therefore he has to find a way to be there.
Who is the alternative and would they only become America's puppets or have Russia first intentions?
So as much as this looks like dictatorship, it might be the only good option for Russia unlike what we have in the west.
Yes we have a different face in the WH after 8 years at the most but so what? The new face is being controlled by the same master.
In Australia it's a little worse. The PM can stay as a party leader for life and keeps his job for life as long as that party keeps winning.
(Peggy, 20 January 2020 01:10)
Now as far as staying in power is concerned, well that's not exactly democratic. He is doing everything in order to stay in power for as long as possible and ordinarily I would say it's a horrible use of power but since there is no credible opposition and Russia NEEDS a strongman to help it through the transition from Communism to Capitalism, there is no other alternative...Putin knows that if he isn't at the helm Russia isn't going to continue on this improvement path. He has to be there, therefore he has to find a way to be there.
Who is the alternative and would they only become America's puppets or have Russia first intentions?
So as much as this looks like dictatorship, it might be the only good option for Russia unlike what we have in the west. (Peggy, 20 January 2020 01:10)
Did Kim Jong-un write these lines?
(Make Serbia Great, 20 January 2020 16:44)
So as much as this looks like dictatorship, it might be the only good option for Russia unlike what we have in the west. (Peggy, 20 January 2020 01:10)
Did Kim Jong-un write these lines?
(Make Serbia Great, 20 January 2020 16:44)
===…==
I said it looks like a dictatorship, but we all know it isn't. People can still vote for the other parties. Funny thing, they don't.
Could it be that Russians also know that Putin is their only hope right now?
(Peggy, 20 January 2020 23:16)
I guess that you are talking about Russia not having a democracy like the west where people at the top change. Well in the US the same 2 parties have ruled for over 180 years now. In its entire history they have only had a President belonging to the 2 parties.
The 2 parties have the same agenda regardless what the people want. They elected Trump because they were tired of wars but look at it today; its business as usual. You should open your eyes.
If you live in the US then you have no future since your democratically elected politicians are selling you out through debt and money printing.
(sj, 20 January 2020 15:21)
So as much as this looks like dictatorship, it might be the only good option for Russia unlike what we have in the west. (Peggy, 20 January 2020 01:10)
Did Kim Jong-un write these lines?
(Make Serbia Great, 20 January 2020 16:44)
===…==
I said it looks like a dictatorship, but we all know it isn't. People can still vote for the other parties. Funny thing, they don't.
Could it be that Russians also know that Putin is their only hope right now? (Peggy, 20 January 2020 23:16)
Right now I am authoring a book on the topic of self-deception. May I have legal permission to quote your comments in this thread?
(Make Serbia Great, 21 January 2020 17:27)