Putin may ＂go to work＂ in advance in order to be a prime minister quietly.
Chart on March 3: Medvedev said that he will maintain a "comrade-like partnership" with Putin. Xinhua News Agency issued.
The preliminary layout of the iron-fisted president turning to the prime minister has already begun.
Putin has already stated that once Medvedev is elected as the next Russian president, he is willing to take the post of Prime Minister. At the Kremlin press conference on February 14th, Putin even said, "I am ready to work as a prime minister".
Within the framework of the Russian Constitution and laws, the Prime Minister is in charge of economic and social issues, and the President is responsible for political, administrative and personnel powers, as well as national defense and foreign affairs. However, both Putin and Medvedev’s recent remarks indicate that the Kremlin’s focus in the future will be on the domestic market, that is, to comprehensively promote the four national priority projects of agriculture, housing, medical care and education and implement the "Putin Plan". In this way, the prime minister in charge of social and economic affairs will naturally become the protagonist, and what the president has to do is to create a favorable domestic and international environment and give the prime minister all necessary support.
In fact, Putin has begun to take action to this end, including announcing a substantial increase in wages to win time for solving the inflation problem; Promise not to change the face value of the ruble and avoid economic turmoil; It is said that it will continue to allocate budgets to support national priority projects.
On February 27th, Russia’s "Herald" also revealed a major decision that was brewing: The Kremlin originally planned to give the Federal Security Service and the inter-departmental State Secrets Committee the final approval right for foreign capital to acquire Russian companies and enter Russia’s strategic fields, but now, this final approval right is likely to be transferred to the Prime Minister. On the same day, a legal amendment related to the customs system was also submitted to the Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament). The draft was handled by Premier Zubcov, and it is suggested that the Customs originally under the management of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade be transferred to the direct leadership of the Prime Minister.
Brewing major institutional reforms Putin may "take up his post" in advance.
According to the Russian Constitution, the new president should confirm the candidate for the new prime minister to the parliament within two weeks, and the new prime minister should submit the candidate for the government team to the president within two weeks. However, some media revealed that Putin may arrange for Zubcov’s cabinet to resign in the near future, so that he can enter the role of prime minister ahead of schedule.
Russia’s "New Newspaper" noted that Putin recently admitted that the reform of separating ministries, bureaus and departments carried out four years ago was unsuccessful, and future reforms should involve not only the government, but also the president’s office. Therefore, a new round of "shuffling" may be brewing. The newspaper quoted Kremlin sources as saying that the possibility of personnel changes in powerful departments could not be ruled out.
At present, the future of the current Prime Minister Zubcov is basically clear: in June, he joined the management committee of the state-owned energy giant Natural Gas Industry Co., Ltd. as the chairman of the committee. Korchemkin, an analyst, said that the post of Chairman of the Management Committee of Natural Gas Industry Co., Ltd. is equivalent to the Chief of Staff of the President or the First Deputy Prime Minister of the federal government. Zubcov may also be the first deputy prime minister.
Background link: Russian public opinion supports the combination of "Mapo"
Since Putin served as Prime Minister from August 1999 to May 2000, his performance in eliminating the consequences of the financial crisis and winning the Chechen war was outstanding, so the Russian people were deeply impressed by Prime Minister Putin.
According to a poll conducted by the All-Russian Center for Public Opinion Research last year, 34% of Russians believe that Putin is the best prime minister in the past 15 years. Simonov, director of the Russian Political Quotes Center, said that Medvedev’s previous proposal that Putin should become prime minister after the presidential election met the expectations of the overwhelming majority of the people. President Kadyrov of the Chechen Republic expressed his belief that Putin may become the most efficient prime minister in Russia in the future, and "Medvedev-Putin combination will probably be the most powerful partner in the history of the country". (Zhao Hanchen)
Editor: Li Xiuwei