The first party party

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin appointed the new head of the Government apparatus Vyacheslav Volodin. The new head of the government of the government retained the post of Deputy Prime Minister. The party members hastened to call this the victory of the party. But rather, we are talking about the hardware victory of Volodin himself or the first deputy head of the presidential administration Vladislav Surkov. The “party of power” as a whole does not affect the process - it is still intensively refused to turn into the “ruling party”.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin appointed the new head of the government of the Government Vyacheslav Volodin, the head of the secretary of the Presidium of the General Council of United Russia. The new head of the government of the government retained the post of Deputy Prime Minister. The head of state signed a corresponding decree during a meeting with Volodin. Medvedev noted that Volodin’s candidacy proposed the government and he "tend to agree." The president added that Volodin "knows for a long time"

The party rejoices. The site "Er.ru" survey of political strategists entitled "Party-Bullfacing Sensation. The appointment of Vyacheslav Volodin to the post of head of the apparatus of the Government of the Russian Federation, together with the authority of the authority of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, is a real strengthening of the ruling tandem. Such an opinion on Thursday, October 21, was expressed in the commentary of ER.ru by the head of the Public Council of the Presidium of the General Council of United Russia Alexei Chesnakov: “The President and Prime Minister made an absolutely logical and correct choice. Vyacheslav Volodin can significantly strengthen the work of the executive branch, because he knows well not only the socio-economic problems of the regions, but also political mechanisms, and also has serious work experience, starting with the municipal level and ending with the State Duma. This is the appointment, together with the authority of the mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, the real strengthening of the ruling tandem. ” Even Boris Gryzlov, who was with Volodin in difficult relations, restrained him on his appointment, noting the "large personnel potential of the party."

It is important to note that Volodin became a deputy prime minister. That is, behind the head of the apparatus, the status obtained when Sergei Sobyanin was appointed. This status is a serious increase in Vyacheslav Volodin in the hardware hierarchy.

Party and authorities

The appointment of Vyacheslav Volodin is not just the personal success of the party party, but also a certain refraction of the trend. In fact, Volodin became the first status party party appointed to such a high post. In other cases, the status United Russia was assigned to responsible posts not as members of the party. Sergei Shoigu (or rather, the movement “unity”) founded as an emergency minister, the only authoritative and popular security official at that time. Sergei Sobyanin (member of the Supreme Council of EP) was appointed to the post of head of the presidential administration as the governor of the Tyumen region, that is, for managerial rather than party valor. The same applies to the Minister of Natural Resources of Yuri Trutnev, who was before the governor of the Perm region. Deputy Prime Minister Zhukov was by the time the Deputy Prime Minister was appointed parliamentar with experience and had a reputation as a prominent economist. For them, partisanship was a marker of loyalty, only an additional characteristic.

Of course, the parties are flattering to indicate that so many of its members are really leading the state, but that party. Most of the cabinet is completely non -partisan and, it seems. They are not going to enter anywhere, despite the periodically arising rumors about their imminent entry into a particular political structure. So, the Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin newspapers several years ago actively “swat” in the EP, not so long ago rumors of his intention to lead the “right business” crawled.

However, there is a high -level party appointment experience. In Primakov’s office, two ministerial seats were barched by the Communists (ministers Gennady Kulik and Yuri Maslyukov, who died this year). The Minister of Justice Kovalev, who became famous for the “bath scandal”, was also a communist. The former leader of Yabloko Grigory Yavlinsky refused the government several times (the last time negotiations on the incomprehensible “minister of ecology” failed). Yablochiki Oksana Dmitrieva and Mikhail Zadornov held ministerial posts. And after the failure of the right -wing parties in 2003, the Ombudsman was appointed representative of Yabloko Vladimir Lukin (the letter “L” in the abbreviation - “Yavlinsky, Boldyrev, Lukin”). Igor Artemyev from Yabloko became the head of the FAS. The minister was Sergey Kalashnikov from the LDPR. To this day, the special successes of the “parties of power” (with the exception of the landing “demo of Russia in the 90s) have not been recalled in the state administration.

Now, who has made a career in Saratov, and then somewhat headed by the Presidium of the General Council of ER Volodin is appointed to the key post of the head of the government. For explanation: the head of the apparatus is like the chief of staff in the army (and also the senior quartermaster). Or a system administrator in the office. While everything goes fine, it is invisible, but in his power to stop all the work of the department by mistake or malicious mind. A document management passes through it, it can hold the paper in order to let go through an alternative solution option and so on. The figure of a key value for public administration.

Become a ruling party

However, it is difficult to interpret after the representatives of the EP of the new post of Volodin as exclusively a party victory. Yes, this can be perceived as gaining subjectivity by a party. It seems to be her representative for a major state post. However, for "United Russia" an increase in Volodin is rather a loss. Firstly, she loses the chairman of the CEC. Secondly, in the party it decreases - if Volodin moves away from solving party problems - the number of power centers in the EP will decrease. If Volodin continues to influence party layouts - at the expense of status he will be able to make more efficiently than so far. Something like-Volodin fraction is amplified, Gryzlov’s fraction is weakened. There is a distortion in the management of the Party of Power, followed by the movement of all the mechanisms of the undercover games.

For the formation of a real party (albeit one and a half -part) political system, these hardware showdowns will mean little. “United Russia” remains an administrative appendage and has not become an independent political force. It is no coincidence that the observers call the appointment of Volodin by the Lobbitist success of the first deputy head of the Presidential Administration Vladilava Surkov. “Party of power” - in the person of its leadership - is accountable to the presidential administration. She almost does not allow herself independent political statements. Before the reaction of the president or prime minister (sometimes both), its leaders are not enough when they speak out (even Gleb Pavlovsky reproached Gleb - see Gryzlov VS. Pavlovsky ).

As long as the parties are completely dependent in the political field from the administrative resource, and citizens are related to distrust (trust is not taken out of nowhere, we must do work), and the appearance of strong parties should not be expected. They will not arise from the air. The transformation from the Party of Power (as the opposition witty is irony, this means that the Party has a party, and not the party - power) in the “ruling party” - this requires political will, responsibility and be able to take risks and play in a large way. In modern Russian parties, such personnel potential is not yet visible. You can see the desire through the "party" to break into the "power". Vyacheslav Volodin did it. Whether the party will get in general is extremely doubtful.