Putin dismissed the government of Mikhail Kasyanov

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the resignation of the Russian government of 46-year-old Mikhail Kasyanov . He stated this on Tuesday in his emergency television, which was broadcast by the Rossiya television channel and the first television channel. The acting prime minister was appointed 46-year-old Viktor Khristenko . According to the President of Russia, such a decision was made by him in accordance with Article 117 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

"In accordance with Article 117 of the Russian Constitution, I decided to resign the government. This decision is not related to the assessment of the results of the previous composition of the government, which, in general, I consider it satisfactory. It is dictated by the desire to once again indicate its position on the issue of the country's development after March 14, 2004," the president said.

Victor Khristenko can act as the head of the office for up to two months. This period is provided for in Article 8 of the Federal Constitutional Law of December 17, 1997 "On the Government of the Russian Federation". The candidacy of the new Prime Minister "will be approved during the coming week," said RIA Novosti sources in the government.

- Who is against such a decision by the president
- Who supported such a decision
- whom they are sent to the premieres, and therefore in Putin's place in 2008
- Who will save his posts after the resignation of the office
- how the government is formed and when it leaves
- After that, the dollar began to grow, and Russian shares - to fall

Full text of the decree:

"In accordance with paragraph" in "Article 183, part 2 of Article 117 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, I decide:
1. To announce the resignation of the Government of the Russian Federation;
2. To assign the temporary performance of the duties of the Prime Minister on the Deputy Prime Minister of the Government Viktor Khristenko;
3. To entrust the Government of the Russian Federation to fulfill its duty before the formation of a new government of the Russian Federation;
4. This Decree entered into force from the day of its signing. "

How the government is formed and when it leaves

After taking office within two weeks, the president must submit to the State Duma a proposal for the candidacy of the Prime Minister (or within a week from the date of rejection of the candidacy of the State Duma).

During the week, the State Duma should consider this candidacy. If, in accordance with Article 111, part 4 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the State Duma rejects three times the president of the candidate of the Government, the president can appoint the prime minister himself, dissolve the State Duma and appoint new elections.

After approval, the Prime Minister must submit proposals on the president on the structure of federal executive bodies and candidacy for the positions of deputy chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation and federal ministers within a week.

According to Article 116 of the Constitution, the government lifts its powers before the election of a new president.

At other times, according to Article 117 of the Constitution, the government may resign, which is adopted or rejected by the President of the Russian Federation.

In addition, the State Duma can express distrust of the government. The decision on distrust of the government is adopted by a majority of votes of the total number of deputies.

After the Duma of D notation, the president can announce the resignation of the government or disagree with the decision of the State Duma to the government.

If the State Duma over the course of three months re -expresses distrust of the government, the president announces the resignation of the government or dissolves the State Duma.

In addition, the chairman of the government can raise before the State Duma the question of trust in the government.

If the State Duma refuses to trust, the president decides to resign the Government of the Russian Federation or on the dissolution of the State Duma and the appointment of new elections within seven days.

This decision of Putin is unethical, this is a farce

Independent candidate of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vladimir Ryzhkov called the resignation of the Russian government by the president’s unethical step towards society, voters and other candidates. “Thus, the president only emphasized the phase and the formality of the upcoming elections and their absolute prediction,” he said on the air of the Echo of Moscow radio station. The deputy admitted that he was very surprised by the president: "This reminded the times of Boris Nikolaevich, when the largest political personnel decisions were made without any explanation." The decision is all the more unexpected that "the president recently praised the government for the very good results of the past year," added Ryzhkov. “With all the many shortcomings of Kasyanov’s office, it was a reform office in which the country is inconsistent, with problems, but went forward in the field of economic reforms,” the deputy noted. “Who will we say now what this is for the government, what the policy he pursues is not yet clear,” Ryzhkov remarked. “Apparently, we must wait a few days when the president will bring to the Duma the candidacy of the new prime minister and this person will perform with his speech.”

Presidential candidate Irina Khakamada believes that today's decision, the head of state is striking a serious blow to stability in the country. "This step of the president is so unexpected that he finally undermines the faith in any prediction of the president’s actions in the framework of the law," Khakamada said in an interview with Interfax. She recalled that, according to the current legislation, after the official publication of the results of the election of the head of the state, the government should resign within a week. “The fact that the president is in a hurry, in my opinion, means that he is not sure of either the voters' turnout or the results of the upcoming elections. The president literally explodes the situation, not caring that he is acting against the law, and he was built stability,” Khakamada said.

The presidential candidate from the Communist Party, Nikolai Kharitonov, considers today's decision of the head of state Vladimir Putin to resign the government "PR progress". “This is the PR move on the eve of the presidential election, thanks to which the president, as I understand it, should attract the attention of voters and provide their high turnout,” he said in an interview with Interfax. According to Kharitonov, the current head of state "acts in the best traditions of the famous sudden" scattering "of his predecessor.

The leader of the Communist Party and her parliamentary faction Gennady Zyuganov said that the change of government would not bring any changes. “I would have accepted with satisfaction if they said: here is a new course, a new team and a program, but there is not a single answer to these questions yet. There is no need to count on something without changing the course, team and politicians today,” the Communist Party leader said today. "If the country does not have an economic policy, if the party of the government does not have a real ideology and a clear program, if there are no real debates during the election, then it remains only to do such moves," Zyuganov said on Tuesday to journalists, noting that "it was necessary to resign the government a year ago." Zyuganov disapprovingly responded to Viktor Khristenko, appointed acting head of government, because, according to Zyuganov, he was involved in the fatal, according to the Communists, the economic course, which had been conducted all recently.

The presidential candidate Ivan Rybkin called the resignation of the Government of the Russian Federation "" convulsive movements of the president before the elections. " He expressed his opinion on the air of the Echo of Moscow radio station. “I don’t want to comment on such actions,” Rybkin noted. “I think that this is a continuation of the nervous style of the leadership that is now beginning to loom.” According to Rybkin, "it would be more logical to solve these issues after the presidential election."

The president’s decision is supported by:

Chairman of the Federation Council Sergey Mironov welcomes the President’s decision on the resignation of the Government of the Russian Federation. In an interview with ITAR-TASS, Mironov noted that "the President of the Russian Federation appreciated the work of the government as satisfactory." “If the government worked well, it would not have been resigned,” Mironov said. He recalled that "supporting the president’s course, he repeatedly stated that the government does not realize the president’s intentions, which the head of state declares and promises the people to fulfill."

Former Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, now the head of the County Chamber of Russia Sergey Stepashin supports the decision of President Vladimir Putin on the resignation of government Mikhail Kasyanov. "I support the President of Russia, who until March 14 wants to show which team he goes to the polls. In this regard, the early resignation of the current government looks more logical than if the government according to the constitution had developed its powers after the elections," Stepashin told Interfax on Tuesday. “This decision will also allow the president to form a new government almost immediately after the election,” Stepashin said. “Previously, the process of resignation, coordination of the new government composition and its approval by the State Duma occupied two to three months after the election and, of course, affected the performance of the Cabinet of Ministers.”

The first vice speaker of the State Duma Lyubov Slisk noted that everything was done within the framework of the law and in accordance with the Constitution. “This is the president’s right to resign the government, and his right to decide which government is needed,” Sliska said. She also suggested that the president would have enough time to decide which government is needed to solve the problems facing the country and, in particular, within the framework of administrative reform. She also said that today's statement of the president was a surprise to her. “We had to meet today with the head of government Mikhail Kasyanov, on which we planned to discuss the plan of the legislative work of the State Duma for March and the whole spring session,” the first vice speaker explained. “However, 20 minutes before the meeting began, they apologized to us, saying that it would not take place,” Sliska said.

I.O. Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Yakovlev also positively evaluates the president’s decision on government resignation. "President Putin made the right decision," Yakovlev said. He noted that if earlier it was said that the government will be resigned after the presidential election and inauguration in May, now the situation has become clear. “Uncertainty and incomprehensibility will not last long,” the acting Deputy Prime Minister. Yakovlev believes that in the deadlines defined by the Constitution, the candidacy of the new head of government will be introduced by the president to the State Duma.

I.O. Gennady Bukaev called the head of the Ministry of Tax and Duties the President’s decision. "He is the head of the state, this is his right," Bukaev said.

The Minister of Health Yuri Shevchenko said his reaction to the decision of the head of state is “positive”. "I have a good reaction to this decision," he said, noting that he learned about this decree 30 minutes ago.

According to RIA Novosti, the chairman of the Duma Committee on Legislation, Pavel Krasheninnikov , today's decision of the president will mean the upcoming changes in the structure of the government. "Today's statement of the president may accelerate the process of representing the new government and the Prime Minister, and will also surely mean a change in the structure of the Government of the Russian Federation and federal state authorities, their structures, as well as possible reduction of a number of functions," the deputy said. "There are so -called" eternal "departments as a Foreign Ministry or the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and there are those that are subject to changes, are reduced or enlarged. Perhaps this will happen in relation to a number of departments," Krasheninnikov said. “We understood that the government’s resignation was supposed to happen, but this happened a little earlier,” Krasheninnikov said. In his opinion, the government’s resignation is "of course, related to the elections."

I.O. Deputy Prime Minister, acting The Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation, Alexei Kudrin, in an interview with Interfax, called the decision of the country's president to resign the government "right". At the same time, according to him, he learned about the decision of the head of state from media reports, listening to the appeal of the president of the country to citizens on the direct television.

The President of the RSPP Arkady Volsky believes that the presidential decree on the resignation of the government will inevitably affect the financial markets. “This is natural, this is a normal process, and it will affect the markets,” Volsky told reporters on Tuesday. He noted that the President’s decision was a surprise for him. “Nothing foreshadowed such a turn. It happened very quickly,” said the head of the RSPP. At the same time, he emphasized that it was too early to talk about the resignation of Mikhail Kasyanov. “If another appointment takes place in a week, then it will be possible to say that Kasyanov was removed,” said Volsky.

I.O. The Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Boris Aleshin said that for him the presidential decree on the resignation of the government "was a surprise." When asked by journalists whether he will continue to oversee the administrative reform in the country, Aleshin said: "This is how the president decides."

I.O. The Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Zorin , who oversees the issues of national policy, regarded the president’s decision on the resignation of the government as "constitutional and logical." "This step should be considered in line with the presidential line on a dynamic solution to the problem of administrative reform, maintaining stability and continuity in society," Zorin told Interfax.

Ex-President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev evaluates the decision of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to change the government as strong and logical. "The update of the government is necessary, and I think that it is logical and correct when the president, being also a candidate for a new presidential term, decided to say in advance who he was going to work with in the event of his new election," Gorbachev said on Tuesday Interfax. In addition, Gorbachev called Putin’s decision "also a strong step in the election campaign."

I.O. The Minister of Education Vladimir Filippov, in an interview with journalists on the eve of a joint meeting in the Kremlin of the Council of People's Commissars and the Presidium of the State Council of the Russian Federation, called the President to appoint the acting acting as absolutely logical Prime Minister Viktor Khristenko. "This is a good president’s move to show with which team the president intends to go for a new four -year term," Filippov said. He emphasized that "Khristenko knows well as an excellent specialist in budgetary issues." "After the 1998 crisis, Khristenko, who then supervised the budget sphere in the Ministry of Finance, was able to solve many problems of debts and salaries," the minister said.

Who will save their posts after the resignation of the Cabinet of Ministers

In accordance with Part 2 of Article 110 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the government consists of the chairman, his deputies and federal ministers. Accordingly, the resignation of the government does not mean the resignation of more than 30 heads of federal authorities of the authorities who are not deputy prime ministers and ministers, in particular, the heads of the State Committee of the Russian Federation, federal services, agencies, commissions, supervisors.

Among those who remain in their posts:
Director of the Federal Security Service Nikolai Patrushev,
Director of Foreign Intelligence Service Sergey Lebedev,
Head of the Federal Security Service Evgeny Murov,
Chairman of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation Mikhail Vanin,
Chairman of the Gosstroy of the Russian Federation Nikolai Koshman,
CEO of the Russian Aviation and Space Agency Yuri Koptev,
Chairman of the State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation Vladimir Sokolin,
Chairman of the State Standard of Russia Vitaly Usov,
Chairman of the State Sports Vyacheslav Fetisov,
Chairman of the GosnarkoKontrol of the Russian Federation Viktor Cherkesov,
Chairman of the Federal Commission for the Securities Market Igor Kostikov,
Chairman of the Federal Energy Commission of the Russian Federation Georgy Kutova,
Director of the Federal Service of the Railway Forces of the Russian Federation Grigory Kogatko,
Head of the Federal Land Cadastre Service of the Russian Federation Sergey Sai,
Head of Roshydromet Alexander Bedritsky,
Head of the Federal Service for Financial Recovery and Bankruptcy Tatyana Trefilova.

Biography of Mikhail Kasyanov: An excellent negotiator ... was

Mikhail Mikhailovich Kasyanov - Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation - was born on December 8, 1957 in the city of Solntsevo, Moscow Region.

In 1976-1978 he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army. In 1978 - 1981 he worked as a senior technician, then an engineer of the All -Union project and research institute of industrial transport of the USSR State Planning Commission.

From 1981 to 1990, he was an engineer, then a leading economist, chief specialist, head of the departure of the foreign economic relations of the State Planning Commission of the RSFSR.

In 1983 he graduated from the Moscow Road Institute (MADI), as well as the highest economic courses of the USSR State Planning Commission, received the specialty "Civil Engineer".

In 1990-1991, he was the head of the subsidiary of the Foreign Economic Relations of the State Economy Committee of the RSFSR.

In 1991, he worked as deputy head of the department, then the head of the department of the department of foreign economic activity of the Ministry of Economics of the Russian Federation.

In 1992 - 1993 he was the head of the subsidiary of the Consolidated Department of Foreign Economic Relations of the Ministry of Economy of the Russian Federation.

In 1993 - 1995 - head of the Department of Foreign Loans and Foreign debt, Head of the Department of Foreign Loans and External debt, member of the College of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation.

From 1995 to 1999, he was the first deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation. For the first time he took the post of minister in the government of Stepashin - in May 1999 he was appointed Minister of Finance - and retained him in the formation of the Putin government.

Since January 2000 - First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.

Since May 7, 2000 - Acting Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.

Since May 17, 2000 - Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation.

Since June 1999 - a member of the Security Council.

Mikhail Kasyanov won the reputation of an excellent negotiator with international financial organizations.

As a deputy and First Deputy Minister of Finance, he managed to achieve maximum maximum mitigation of the requirements of foreign banks that lost significant funds after the financial crisis in Russia in August 1998.

Freely speak English.

Victor Khristenko: Biographical Help

Khristenko Viktor Borisovich was born on August 28, 1957 in Chelyabinsk. He graduated from the Chelyabinsk Polytechnic Institute, the Academy of the National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation. Candidate of Economics.

1979 - 1990 - Engineer, Laboratory Head, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Chelyabinsk Polytechnic Institute.

1990 - 1991 - Chairman of the Standing Commission, First Deputy Chairman of the Economic Committee, Chairman of the Property Committee of the Chelyabinsk City Executive Committee, Deputy Chairman of the Chelyabinsk City Executive Committee.

1991 - 1994 - Deputy Head of the Administration of the Chelyabinsk Region, Chairman of the Committee of Economics of the Administration of the Chelyabinsk Region.

1994 - 1996 - First Deputy Head of the administration of the Chelyabinsk region.

1997 - plenipotentiary representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Chelyabinsk region.

Since July 1997 - Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.

On April 24, 1998, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation.

Married. It has three children.