Two months after the presidential election, the Russian parliament is gradually approving the new government. In authoritarian Russia, Kremlin leader Putin himself has proposed important ministers.
Around two months after the presidential election, which was overshadowed by allegations of fraud and manipulation, the Russian parliament confirmed a large part of the new government. Of the 15 ministers approved by the State Duma in Moscow, 10 already belonged to the old government. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin also remains in office. The day before, the Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, had already confirmed several deputy heads of government.
All that is now officially pending is the upper house’s approval of the candidacies for four particularly important ministerial posts – including that of the new Defense Minister Andrei Beloussov. Beloussov, like the designated interior, foreign and justice ministers, was personally recommended by Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin. Parliament’s approval is therefore seen as a mere formality in authoritarian Russia.
After the presidential election on March 17, Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin presented himself as the clear winner with more than 87 percent and was then officially inaugurated into his fifth term in office a week ago. However, observers classified the election, which took place in the middle of the war against Ukraine, as unfair and unfree – among other things because not a single real opposition candidate was admitted. According to the Russian constitution, after the presidential election, the old government resigns and a new one is formed.
Source: Stern
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