the Russian government


The Government of the Russian Federation exercises executive power in the Russian Federation. The members of the government are the Prime Minister (currently Dmitry Medvedev), the deputy prime ministers, and the federal ministers. It has its legal basis in the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the federal constitutional law "On the Government the Russian Federation".

According to the 1991 amendment to the 1978 Russian Constitution, the President of Russia was the head of the executive branch and headed the Council of Ministers of Russia. According to the current 1993 Constitution of Russia, the President is not a part of the Government of Russia, which exercises executive power. The Chapter 6 of the Constitution of Russia says, that "The Government of the Russian Federation consists of the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation and federal ministries".

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Gazprom has received up to 1 trillion rubles of profit

Business27.04.2017

However, the government won't get much: half of that profit is only on paper.

Italians earn money on Russian Prime Minister's faults

Business21.04.2017

Italian winemakers start the Dimon brand.

Go-to guy in Ples

Officials20.04.2017

As the son-in-law of Rosneft's head, Timerbulat Karimov, became head of the city council of Ples, where the "secret dacha" of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is.

Who will pay "Google tax"?

Internet18.04.2017

The first 100 Internet companies have agreed to pay "the Google tax", possibly from their users' pockets.

In 2016, Vladimir Putin earned more than Dmitry Medvedev

Officials14.04.2017

The Minister for the North Caucasus Lev Kuznetsov turned out to be the richest person in the Russian government.

How Russian officials get rid of business and real estate abroad

Officials11.04.2017

Declaration of income for 2016 will be published in the near future. In order not to violate the law, officials divorced spouses, they sell the business partners and family or transfer assets in trust.

No more fuel

Business10.04.2017

Russia may face a shortage of gasoline.

Forbes publishers: Shmatko and Sechin

Business04.04.2017

Left without the "western protection", Russian Forbes is rapidly degraded.

Grigory Ivliev's patents

Society31.03.2017

Head of Rospatent Grigoriy Ivliev wants to take control of the entire country's intellectual property. Russia in this case faces the redistribution of "intellectual property" with an unknown outcome.

The Russian government asked Usmanov and Mordashov to help Donbass

Business16.03.2017

The government recommended metallurgical holdings to consider iron ore supplies to companies in the Donetsk and Lugansk Republics, as RBC found out. The plants there were left without raw materials after the introduction of Ukrainian blockade of railway communication with the self-proclaimed republics.

The Russian government may slow down access to websites of the companies that violated the Russian law

Internet13.03.2017

In that way, the officials want to force foreign companies to carry out the decisions of Russian courts and agencies.

Security officers and officials are least affected by the crisis

Society08.03.2017

Opinion on stabilization of the situation is shared by 40.9% of those surveyed; the improvement has been noticed by only 3.7%.

Andrey Kostin hides everything

Business03.03.2017

VTB financial statements are made to hide the real state of affairs in the bank. That's why the rating agencies gave it low marks.

The Anti-Corruption Fund asked the Investigative Committee to initiate a criminal case against Medvedev and Usmanov

Officials03.03.2017

It argues that the oligarch gave the premiere a mansion worth 5 billion rubles.

Country for a penny

Society27.02.2017

Russia is waiting for a new privatization, senseless and merciless.

The debt of the Russian regions has stabilized — due to the budget credits

Society18.02.2017

But their decline will force the governors to return to commercial loans.

Subsidiaries of Western banks will be banned to work with strategic enterprises

Business16.02.2017

The government can ban the Russian subsidiaries of foreign banks to work with strategically important state enterprises and companies. This is a response to the use of the sanctions measures against Russia by such subsidiaries.

The company that manages the assets of Igor Shuvalov, was co-owner of White Gardens office

Business15.02.2017

Its market value now stands at no less than $600 million.

Landing denied

Governance13.02.2017

Belarus is barganing on the deployment of a Russian air base on its territory.

The government approved the privatization plan

Governance03.02.2017

In the near future large packages of Sovcomflot and VTB can be sold.

How Russia and Belarus reinstalled the border control

Governance03.02.2017

Minsk criticized Russia's decision to establish a border zone on the border with Belarus. The measures are directed against the nationals of third countries, says Moscow. However, they can affect the citizens of both countries, and the decision may be political, experts say.

The cost of the Kerch bridge project exceeded 300 billion rubles

Business01.02.2017

This amount includes the costs of the bridge itself and its approaches.

Airlines have to fly abroad only using Russian planes

Business24.01.2017

This idea of Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin was approved by Vladimir Putin

Gazprom doesn't give a damn about Russian citizens' needs

Business23.01.2017

The government prefers to export gas, rather than provide it to the citizens.

The Russian middle class is shrinking

Society18.01.2017

Every third Russian risks to fall from the "low middle class" level and become poor. 

Rostelecom has no decency

Officials17.01.2017

Semipublic Rostelecom may end up in the list of dishonest suppliers.

Russia increased its oil production and exports in 2016

Business09.01.2017

After the beginning of the new year, the Russian companies need to cut production, but the production of crude oil in 2017 may increase again.

What will happen with the Russians in the New Year

Society04.01.2017

A brief overview of the main legislative changes in the coming year.