Medvedev summed up the two years of the premiership, and the press service of the White House boasted its popularity on the network

On Wednesday, May 21, it turns exactly two years since the approval of the government Dmitry Medvedev. On the occasion of the anniversary, the press service of the White House prepared a report on the work of the Cabinet of Ministers, separately focusing on the popularity of the prime minister with social networks , and the prime minister himself met with journalists in his residence "Gorki", which summed up the results during this period. In a separate interview with the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, Medvedev spoke about his approach to the aggravation of Russia's relations with the West, spoke about the habits and lifestyle .

Answering in Gorki to the questions of journalists, Medvedev, in particular, said that the Russian government was a rather close -knit team. "During this time, I believe that the government has turned into a fairly coordinated, efficient mechanism and even the body," the prime minister said, noting that this mechanism "has already entered a lot of things in two years." He explained that this is not the effectiveness of the government’s work, but the number of problems that have to be solved, ITAR-TASS reports.

From the report of the White House press service, it follows that in two years of his work, the Medvedev government introduced 533 bills to the State Duma, of which 365 have already been signed by the president. The government issued 8,034 decisions and orders. Directly Medvedev signed more than 2.2 thousand instructions and resolutions. Every day, 100-150 documents are brought to the head of the Cabinet of Ministers to sign. For two years, the prime minister made 96 trips, including 81 in Russia, having spent 451 hours in the air and flew 331 thousand kilometers.

Such activity of the White House and Medvedev personally, according to official statistics, brought successes in the economy and in the social sphere. So, the cash incomes of the population increased by 3.3%, and real wages - by 5.3%, the report said. Over two years, the country's population increased by 20 thousand people, with satisfaction reported in the press service.

The growth of industrial production last year amounted to 0.4%, and in the first quarter of 2014 - 1.1%, agriculture in 2013 - 6%. The volume of state defense order in two years increased 1.6 times, noted in the White House. There are separate successes in the field of infrastructure projects. The most difficult direction in the work of the government Medvedev called problems with dilapidated housing and the sphere of housing and communal services.

“Two years flew by quickly,” the prime minister summed up. “I will not hide, these are not the simplest years in my life,” he admitted, emphasizing that, although “something turns out”, “there are problems that we should not forget about.”

The government has "matured"

In an interview with KP, the prime minister said that in the office of ministers there are currently no members of the government who need to be dismissed for violation of official duties - "so far no one has so guilty." He recalled that sometimes he had to resolve the issue tough, but since “to live to a person later,” mainly from the civil service they are released not for violation of any things, but by agreement of the parties.

The prime minister, he said, does not consider himself a "harmful boss." “But I can say harshly, it happens,” the head of government said. According to him, even if officials have any drawback, you cannot immediately use a tough solution, "if, of course, this is not some kind of fatal story."

“It seems to me that the cabinet has gained turnover in general. Our government is very young. There are both pros and cons of it,” the prime minister. “Now the government has become more adults and it is absolutely workable. This does not mean that there are no shortcomings, they are full. And the president pays attention to this, and I pay the attention of his colleagues daily, but people were injured and began to interact,” the head of the Cabinet of Ministers said.

He spoke about the adopted norms of behavior in the Cabinet of Ministers - when the decision was made, no one should then comment on anything in conflict with him. It should be noted that Medvedev at the highest state posts always adhered to such views, and, for example, precisely because of a violation of such ethics, occupying the president’s position in 2011, immediately resigned the then head of the Ministry of Finance Alexei Kudrin after he publicly criticized the course of the government.

Friction from the United States is not a reason to refuse iPhone

In an interview with Dmitry Medvedev, KP was talking about sharply worsening relations between Russia with the United States because of the Ukrainian crisis and a possible change in attitude to American products. Journalists asked if the prime minister, known for his love of technical innovations, was going to abandon American gadgets in the current situation.

The question caused bewilderment in the head of government. "What does our friction today with America and iPhone have to do with it?" he was surprised. “Then let's abandon any imported things, and what will we have? North Korea? This is not our way. Moreover, I, on the contrary, think that neither we, the Americans or Europeans should refuse anything. To harm the Americans by refusing Apple products is ridiculous,” he summed up.

As the journalists found out, the prime minister himself uses two "tablets" that belong to the government. Medvedev assured that there are no games in them. "I have two state tablets. Documents are pumped into one to the government meeting, and in the other - materials to the events in which I take part," he said.

According to Medvedev, through the iPhone and iPad, he often views newspapers. The prime minister and the Armenian analogues of these devices appeared - colleagues from Armenia gave him "Armon" and "Armpad".

The head of the office also uses four stationary telephones, one of which is for direct connection with the president. “There has never been a direct connection with abroad here. Communication with the leaders of other states is carried out through a special institute,” Medvedev explained. According to Medvedev, there is a closed video in the White House, but it is extremely rare.

Medvedev in social networks read more than 6 million people, praised in the White House

The press service of the White House to the two-year statement of Medvedev to the post of prime minister published statistics on his activity on social networks. According to these data, the number of subscribers to the pages of the prime minister in social networks exceeded 6 million people. Recently, the recordings of the head of government on the situation in Ukraine have been most of interest, quoted the message of the Interfax press service.

Prime Minister accounts are open at the sites of Livejournal , Facebook , Twitter (in Russian and English ), VKontakte and Instagram .

In the number of subscribers, Medvedev’s official page on Twitter is the leader - she has about 3 million followers, the press service reports. On Facebook, more than 1.2 million people read the premiere. Medvedev has more than 1.7 million subscribers, and on Instagram - about 380 thousand. More than 18 thousand people were signed on the official community of Medvedev in LJ.

Bicycle, tea party in the White House and the style of the office

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in an interview with KP also spoke about his daily routine and habits. According to him, he travels on a bicycle all year round in the morning, sometimes gives instructions right in sports uniform and often drinks tea with colleagues in the White House.

"It is extremely rare that I lay down before two in the morning. I sleep six hours, then I start working. In my residence in Gorki, exactly the same office as in the White House. In the morning (both in summer and in winter), I sit on a bicycle and food, as they say, I drive up on a bicycle to the working building and sometimes I look at the documents and give orders and give orders." Medvedev.

After that, the prime minister has been playing sports for some time, breakfast and begins to work tightly - either flying by helicopter to the White House, or holding working meetings in Gorki. After completing the work in the White House, the prime minister, he said, returns home and again goes to the office. “If we talk about how much time I spend while doing the affairs of the government, then this is probably lunch and dinner all day,” Medvedev noted.

According to Medvedev, government members can simply go to him, and he often invites them to tea. "As for meetings with colleagues, they are held regularly. In addition to the meetings, colleagues just come to me, I often invite them to drink tea or even eat something. This is normal. You can meet for a specific reason, for example, if someone has a anniversary and go somewhere after work," he said.

Talking about the interior of the cabinet, designed in a modern government-style government house with elements high-tech, the prime minister admitted that not everyone liked the situation that appeared a year and a half ago.

After Medvedev’s appointment in the office in the cabinet was repaired for half a year: a dark wood sheathing was replaced with light wooden panels with gray metal inserts, a large white table for working meetings and chairs upholstered in gray skin was put in tone with the walls in the office. “Wood, gold, heavy forms, in my opinion, this is superfluous for working in the government,” the prime minister believes.

The prime minister complemented the ascetic interior with a written device with bronze figures of animals. “These animals have some attitude towards me, because these are bears,” he explained.