Party and Government

As soon as the obedient Moscow City Duma approved Sergei Sobyanin as mayor of the capital, the now former deputy chairman of the Duma, secretary of the presidium of the general council of United Russia, Vyacheslav Volodin, moved to his chair at the head of the government apparatus. At the same time, he received the post of Deputy Prime Minister, left by Sobyanin.

Volodin is one of the typical faces of the party in power, a man who regularly spoke on its behalf to... no, not the people, but those who were annoying with their questions, like journalists. Until the second half of the 1990s, his career was limited to the Saratov region, where he rose to the rank of vice-governor. In 1999, he first entered the Duma as part of the Fatherland - All Russia party (remember this party? At that time, one of its main drivers was Yuri Luzhkov - do you remember this one?). Then he became the leader of the OVR faction in parliament. Well, in the parliament of the next convocation - deputy chairman and first deputy of the United Russia faction.