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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FIFA World Cup 2018 won't be held in Russia

Society03.01.2017

The feeling that the World Cup in 2018 will not take place in Russia, began to appear a long time ago. In recent years, there have been more and more events to strenghten this opinion.

Tatarstan Is dissatisfied with the Kremlin

Governance02.01.2017

Minnikhanov criticized the federal center for "pumping out" money from successful regions.

Travel itineraries

Business01.01.2017

Russia missed a chance to become a center of tourism.

The production of vodka in Russia and the budget revenues from excise taxes are on the rise

Business01.01.2017

The following year, the government will struggle with alcohol-containing liquids.

The Russian car industry worked under low load

Business31.12.2016

Neither local manifacturing nor attempts to increase exports didn't help.

Starting it all over again

Officials30.12.2016

What brought the replacement of Vladimir Yakunin with Oleg Belozerov for the customers?  

The fate of Uralvagonzavod

Business28.12.2016

Rostec is creating a tank monopoly.

Norilsk Nickel to buy 1.5 million tons of Soviet copper concentrate from Rostec

Business28.12.2016

Raw materials, which have been kept in the State Fund since 1980, will cost the company 67.5 billion rubles.

Fitch in Russia withdraws all national-scale ratings

Business25.12.2016

The first such decision was taken by the agency Moody's, and the reason is the new requirements of the Russian legislation.

Reshuffling

Business20.12.2016

In 2017, VTB could possible change its management.

Blow under Progress

Business19.12.2016

Who will get control of the Russian space.

Facade Federation

Governance28.11.2016

How and why we need permanent missions in the Russian regions: the investigation.

Lukashenko told about trying to participate in the privatization of Bashneft

Governance18.11.2016

Belarus offers Russia to exchange shares Bashneft for a stake in Belarusian companies, said President Alexander Lukashenko. No answer until now, he complained.

Security forces picked up the trail of Igor Shuvalov

Governance16.11.2016

The arrest of Alexey Ulyukayev is the first step towards the arrest of the famous dog lover. 

How the introduction of duties and taxes on purchases from online stores threatens the Russians

Internet09.11.2016

The government is ready to impose an 18% tax on purchases from the foreign online stores, followed by the customs duties, but there is no infrastructure for the tightening of customs control.

Andrey Kostin: private Emperor of commodities

Business27.10.2016

Why the head of VTB Andrey Kostin creates a unit to trade in commodities.

The state is not quite sure how state-owned companies spend their money

Business13.10.2016

The Ministry of Finance has proposed to establish a norm obliging state-owned companies to pay dividends in the amount of not less than 50% of the net profit according to IFRS; a corresponding document has already been sent for approval to the government.

Rosselkhozbank will reduce the share of overdue loans by one-third

Business06.10.2016

This can be done only on paper, experts say.

American friends and private jets of Igor Sechin

Business22.08.2016

Rosneft is lobbying for the US aircraft industry.

Kremlin described frameup campaign against Medvedev

Officials10.08.2016

Dmitry Medvedev's opponents deliberately disseminated his statement on salaries, thinks the Kremlin. It is believed that the campaign is organized by the contenders for the post of prime minister or those who wish the defeat of United Russia in the elections.

Manager of Shuvalov's assets spoke about the apartments on Kotelnicheskaya

Business06.07.2016

The manager of assets of Deputy Prime Minister. Igor Shuvalov. talked about the purpose of the apartments bought in the high-rise on Kotelnicheskaya Embankment, and revealed the details of management of the official's trust. 

RBC investigation: why Russia has so few bridges

Business25.05.2016

All the building materials for the construction of the Kerch bridge are purchased through intermediaries, which increases their value three times, said Dmitry Kozak during the meeting of the State Council on the construction.

Tactical retreat: what Putin leaves Syria with

Governance15.03.2016

There's no victory over terrorism, but Putin has managed to bring Assad and the opposition to the negotiation table. 

Former rector of the New Economic School — RBC: "Corruption means the governors and higher officials"

Officials13.01.2016

One of the authors of the Doing Business ranking, the former Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria and the former head of the New Economic School (NES) Simeon Djankov spoke about the types of corruption and the inability of large-scale reforms in Russia.

Bloomberg: Kudrin negotiates the return to the post of Minister of Finance

Governance30.12.2015

The decision is expected to be made in early 2016, says the agency.

Khodorkovsky — RBC: "Irremovable government is bad not because of Putin"

Governance17.12.2015

The former head of Yukos, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, is the defendant in the newly discovered case of the murder of the mayor of Nefteyugansk. In an interview with RBC, he spoke about the new claims of investigators and training of politicians independent from the Kremlin.

It is proposed to prohibit the civil servants to travel abroad

Officials16.12.2015

Due to the deteriorating political situation in the New Year's holidays, and in the next six months, civil servants should stay in the country, according to the Public Chamber.

Sanctions will hit both Turkey and Russia

Governance01.12.2015

For Turkey, it is fraught with the loss of markets worth billions of dollars; for Russia, the acceleration of inflation and the decline in the economy.