Bloomberg named candidates to replace Medvedev after the presidential election and a possible successor to Putin.

With the approach of the next presidential elections in the Russian Federation, political tension is growing in the country. And the question that worries observers, oddly enough, is not who will become the new head of state, but who will take the post of prime minister. Despite the fact that current President Vladimir Putin has not yet given his consent to compete for his seat, he is already predicted to confident victory. After it, he will have to dissolve the government and present a candidate for the post of prime minister for approval by the State Duma.

According to Bloomberg, among the possible candidates for the post of prime minister there are three favorites - the chairman of the Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina, mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin and the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov.

According to agency sources, various influential forces, including those from business, are beginning to consider possible candidates for the presidency in 2024, although this is still very far away. At the same time, lobbyists advocating for replacing the current head of government have become more active. Dmitry Medvedev a stronger manager, capable of making more efforts “to revive the floundering economy.”

In the spring, the same agency, citing two of Medvedev’s associates, reported that the head of government was concerned about his political future. In turn, then the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov to this he said: “I don’t think Bloomberg knows Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev well and may have such information.”

It is quite difficult to say why exactly these three candidates came to the attention of Bloomberg, because not three, but at least thirty-three candidates can hypothetically count on the prime minister’s chair, believes the CEO of the National Energy Security Fund Konstantin Simonov. As the interlocutor of the Kolokol Rossii newspaper noted, Western agencies are quite actively involved in all sorts of so-called rumor-making regarding successors and candidates for the post of prime minister. Earlier, the same Bloomberg wrote that “Putin’s most favorite official is Minister Oreshkin.” Of course, those people whom the influential agency lists are on the list for the prime minister’s post, and rumors around them are actively being circulated. However, it cannot be ruled out that after some time there will be another list with new applicants.

“Today the situation has developed in such a way that everyone understands that the main intrigue of the 2018 election campaign is not the presidential election, but the choice of the head of government. And there is every reason to believe that the president will do it after March 18. But since the entire political system of the country has come into motion in the form of reshuffles and resignations, all this contributes to increasing nervousness against the backdrop of the fact that Putin himself is stubbornly silent regarding his nomination, although everyone understands perfectly well that he will go to new term. Moreover, this entire uncertain situation actively provokes a huge number of rumors and gossip, which also appear in the information field,” the expert noted.

At the same time, the publication’s interlocutor did not rule out that in this way a certain image could be deliberately formed in the information field around a certain candidate. But it often happens that the more often the media writes about a candidate, the less chance he has of occupying a certain post.

Meanwhile, according to Bloomberg, President Putin will dissolve the government and appoint a new prime minister after winning the 2018 elections, while, as the agency notes, his choice may become a sign of who he wants to see as his successor.

“Given that the figure of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation is one of the top in the country’s leadership, all influential clans will fight for the post, since having their own prime minister is the dream of any nomenklatura group. At the same time, the current head of the cabinet of ministers, Medvedev, is one of the contenders for the prime minister’s post, and he is still the favorite in this race, therefore, everyone who is not part of Medvedev’s personal clan is all supporters of his resignation from his position,” concluded Konstantin Simonov.

As an example of the escalation of confrontation political elites Bloomberg cites the case brought against the ex-minister Ulyukaeva on charges of extorting a bribe from the head of Rosneft Sechin. As the authors of the article note, everyone is now waiting to see what turn Ulyukaev’s trial will take, in the hope that the verdict will hint at Putin’s intentions. A guilty verdict would be a blow to the already weakened economic technocrats.

Director of the Institute of Modern state development Dmitry Solonnikov called Bloomberg's note biased, and the whole argument, in his opinion, boils down to the fact that they are all famous people and take an active part in the leadership of the country. As the interlocutor of the Bell of Russia newspaper noted, it is not entirely clear why several people from the liberal clan were not included in the list, for example, Maxim Oreshkin, whom some consider as one of the favorites of the head of state, and Alexey Kudrin, who is actively lobbied by a certain structure for the premiership. Plus, there is no alternative candidate to the liberal bloc, for example, the same Sergei Shoigu.

“Any choice of prime minister now will be a signal for the formation of the image of Russia in the next stage of the country’s development. Therefore, the future head of the cabinet of ministers may become a potential successor to the president (if Putin nominates his candidacy for new president term, - ed.) However, there is every reason to believe that he will not ultimately become a contender for the presidency if the head of state resigns early before 2024. As previous practice has shown, before leaving Boris Yeltsin appointed prime minister for a short term Sergei Stepashin, then was appointed to this post Vladimir Putin. Thus, it is quite possible that a technical prime minister will be appointed, who will work for a certain time, but will be replaced at the very last moment, before it is necessary to appoint an acting president,” the publication’s interlocutor suggested.

According to political scientist Dmitry Solonnikov, the scenario looks more realistic, and this has already happened in history, when Vladimir Putin went to elections with a new cabinet of ministers, saying that this team would implement his new election program. It is possible that this time a similar scenario could happen again, especially since it would be a good pre-election move.

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to put forward his candidacy for new presidential elections, and there is already a struggle between influential political forces in Russia and not only over who the future head of Russia will choose as prime minister of the government. This is stated in a Bloomberg article. According to the publication, the choice made by Putin will indicate who, in his opinion, should subsequently become his successor.

According to agency sources close to Putin, the approach of elections has provoked a revival of lobbyists advocating for replacing the current head of government Dmitry Medvedev a stronger manager who can “breathe new life into the country’s sagging economy.”

Sources name the Chairman of the Bank of Russia as possible candidates for the post of Prime Minister Elvira Nabiullina, Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin and the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov. According to Bloomberg, prominent business representatives and their allies in ruling circles have already begun discussing possible contenders for the presidency with an eye to the 2024 elections.

The Bloomberg article notes that security forces are currently in a better position. However, now everyone is waiting for the outcome of the trial of the ex-minister Ulyukaev, since this verdict may become a hint at the president’s future intentions.

“Discussing the candidacy of the future prime minister now, when the new presidential campaign has not even begun, is like guessing on coffee grounds,” he says Director of the Center for Political Science Research, Financial University Pavel Salin. - It’s not even that we don’t know who will ultimately win these elections. If Vladimir Putin puts forward his candidacy, the outcome will be quite obvious. But even in this case, a lot depends on the details - what the turnout will be, what percentage of the vote the winner will get, how large the protest activity will be and what political force will play the main role in it. In the current turbulent political situation, it is difficult to say what will happen in January-February. And what will happen in May, when, according to the Russian Constitution, it will be necessary to approve the new government of the Russian Federation and its prime minister - this cannot be said for sure now.

Therefore, I associate the circulation of information about a possible replacement for Dmitry Medvedev with the fact that certain political groups want to indirectly influence the formation economic policy already the next presidential term.

In particular, for about six months now, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has been discussed in the media as a likely candidate for the post of chairman of the future government. Allegedly, the beneficiaries of the renovation gave him such a promise. If it is carried out relatively painlessly, then its rates will increase. As for the candidacy of Denis Manturov, who now heads the Ministry of Industry and Trade, this is most likely influenced by the lobbyists of the Rostec state corporation. They have repeatedly demonstrated attempts to take control of not only the industrial bloc of the Russian government, but also the financial and economic bloc, which is believed to be ruled by systemic liberals. Likewise, behind the “candidacy” of Elvira Nabiullina there are certain groups of influence that would like to influence not only the Central Bank, but also all financial and economic structures in power.

Just these stuffings various groups influences seem to signal that they are ready to expand their influence after the presidential elections. Those of them who stand behind the named candidates are now, indeed, showing great activity. In particular, we see that several representatives of the Rostec group have been appointed acting governors. That is, the information that Bloomberg once again launched in the media was not made up out of thin air, it objectively reflects the degree of influence of elite groups that want to maintain and strengthen this influence in the political reality after the presidential elections.

“SP”: — Conversations that “Medvedev will leave” the post of prime minister were actively discussed at the beginning of Vladimir Putin’s current presidential term. However, Dmitry Medvedev's resignation did not follow. Is it possible to assume that Putin will retain such a convenient partner as Medvedev for another period of time, or will it look like a caricature?

— The piquancy of the current situation is that those candidates for prime ministers that I mentioned are lobbied by old elite groups. And all these figures and groups have become so overgrown with their own interests that they are often inconvenient for Putin. That is why in Lately a trend has emerged when they began to rely on the so-called “young technocrats”. A striking example- minister economic development Maxim Oreshkin.

It is believed that “young and early” officials will quickly carry out any tactical order of the president, since they have not acquired their own interests. That is, they will demonstrate loyalty to Vladimir Putin. From the “old guard” there are only two people whom Vladimir Putin fully trusts, since they have shown that they are capable of adjusting their interests to the president’s agenda. This is the head of the Russian Guard Victor Zolotov and current Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Zolotov is clearly not suited to the post of prime minister, since he has a narrow military specialization. That leaves Medvedev. Everything will depend on which post-election transit option the president chooses.

Now we face a fundamentally different situation than after the previous elections. Then the political class relaxed for several years. This won't happen now. Our elites understand that serious changes in the political landscape will most likely take place after the presidential elections.

It is possible that the bet will indeed be placed on the formation of a government of technocrats, when ministerial posts will be given conditional “nuts”. But the new president will be inclined to entrust the post of prime minister to a person who has been proven more than once. And here a better candidate than Dmitry Medvedev cannot be found. True, there is another figure Sergei Ivanov, who apparently took his resignation from the post of head of the presidential administration in 2016 calmly, did not harbor any grudges. Ivanov and Medvedev, as representatives of the special services say, have passed multiple checks, and Putin does not expect a serious trick from them. However, I repeat, a lot will depend on how the presidential campaign goes, how relations with the United States and the EU will develop, etc.

“SP”: — Dmitry Rogozin, in your opinion, cannot aspire to the post of prime minister, as a conditional representative of patriotic forces?

— I think that Vladimir Putin believes that the security forces, like representatives of the elite similar to them in psychological profile, such as Rogozin, will not be able to effectively manage the economy. Putin was convinced by the events of the last 10 years that it is the systemic liberals who are most adapted to the modern economic situation. Relatively speaking, the same patriots, when there was a period of high oil prices, called for investing money in infrastructure projects, and not saving it in a “little box”, as was done by Alexey Kudrin. The President listened to the liberals.

As a result, in 2008, when another economic crisis began, oil prices fell, we had a nest egg, which allowed us to prevent a sharp decline in living standards and a sharp increase in protest activity. In general, Putin apparently believes that the systemic liberals are coping with the financial and economic bloc and he most likely will not want to radically change the government’s course.

“Much depends on whether Vladimir Putin has any internal agreements with Dmitry Medvedev,” says Georgy Fedorov, president of the Center for Social and Political Research (Aspect), member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation. — In 2011-2012, many expected Medvedev’s resignation from the post of head of government. And then it turned out that he and Putin had an agreement on castling.

However, this time I believe that the likelihood of a change in prime minister is higher. This is Putin’s style, he likes to make unexpected moves and give new impetus to political processes. It's possible for now with high degree It is unlikely that Dmitry Medvedev will, in any case, find a place in the country’s governance system; he will not be sent to retire. Knowing Putin’s recent tactics (in particular, the appointment of “technical” leaders to the posts of governors), one can assume that the next prime minister will be chosen not for political, but for “technical” reasons.

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Very technical prime

After the presidential elections, Anton Vaino may head the Russian government

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After the election of the head of state, the current head of the presidential administration, Anton Vaino, may take the post of Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. This scenario is being discussed in the federal and regional establishment, while Vaino is seen as a more professional and technical manager than Dmitry Medvedev. If this scenario is realized, Dmitry Medvedev could head a joint Supreme and Constitutional Court. Experts accept the appointment of Vaino, but point out the risks of such a decision.

Several sources in the business and political establishment of the federal and regional levels told the site that Vaino’s candidacy is being considered for the post of Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. According to one of the interlocutors, the outlines of the future cabinet of ministers are already being outlined, to which several successful governors may be invited.

An interlocutor close to a large industrial holding says that Vaino as prime minister has been discussed for quite some time, and such a decision will be generally well received among business. “Vaino showed himself to be a very practical, technical, far-sighted leader. He has a broad outlook and, in general, a tougher management style than Medvedev,” says the interlocutor, expressing the hope that such a prime minister would put an end to “excessive liberalism” in the government. An important quality of Vaino is that he does not express personal political ambitions and does not pretend to have independence or political subjectivity.

Anton Vaino: the man next to the president

Anton Vaino headed the presidential administration in August 2016, having previously worked for many years in protocol services and the presidential administration. Even then, there were suggestions that the post of head of administration was a stepping stone for him on the path to the post of prime minister. “Anton Vaino, if we compare his path with the career vertical of Dmitry Medvedev, after some time he may well become a new prime minister - like Medvedev, standing in the middle between different clans,” wrote journalist Andrei Kolesnikov on the Carnegie Center website. —<…>Dmitry Medvedev is still young, but the basic functions he was supposed to perform and the peak of his career are already behind him. The President's personal gratitude ends in 2018. And the President’s personal gratitude to Anton Vaino is just beginning.”

Compensation for Dmitry Medvedev

Dmitry Medvedev, after the elections, can move to the post of head of the united Constitutional and Supreme Courts. The idea of ​​creating a “super court” is being discussed at least recent years seven, periodically encountering resistance from the legal community. Most likely, the reform has been postponed until the elderly chairman of the Constitutional Court, Valery Zorkin, leaves his post - he will turn 75 in February, and his next six-year term of office expires in the same year.

After the presidential elections in Russia, the Supreme and Constitutional courts may be united

If a new “super court” is created, the post of its chairman could become substantial compensation for Medvedev’s loss of the post of prime minister. Such a structure theoretically has power even greater than the presidential one - although in modern times the judicial branch of government is actually relatively weak.

Ideal technical prime

The famous political scientist Evgeny Minchenko, in his “Politburo 2.0” reports on Putin’s entourage, classifies Vaino as a group consisting of Sergei Chemezov, Viktor Zolotov, Yuri Chaika and Sergei Ivanov. At the same time, he does not classify Vaino as a “member of the Politburo”, the inner circle of Putin’s elite, but sees him in the “transition zone” between “candidates” and “members.” Minchenko considers Vaino’s appointment as Prime Minister to be unlikely: the current head of administration has no economic experience at all, he told the site.

Political scientist Andrei Kolyadin, who once worked in the presidential administration, says that in possible solution Vaino's appointment has its pros and cons. “We still have increased respect for the office of prime minister, born of Putin himself,” the expert recalls. “His [former] work as prime minister makes the leaders of all the “Kremlin towers” ​​look with lust at this post. However, there are other versions of the economic reset, in which the prime minister is not a public leader, but a functionary, a technocrat, as they say now. It does not generate the economic future, but implements programs created collectively, including outside the government. In this scheme, the idea of ​​centralization of power is logically completed - there is a president and there is everyone else. He has no equal even in terms of conventional influence.”

Vaino will fulfill this role flawlessly, Kolyadin believes: he can work 24 hours a day, without missing anything, but non-publicly, without attracting attention to himself. “But the prime minister is also a political figure,” says the political scientist. - In our conditions, it also serves as a lightning rod. Lightning bolts of popular discontent strike him if something goes wrong with the economy. And Putin remains beyond criticism - an arbiter to whom millions of the country's residents turn. If the prime minister “goes into the shadows,” then the president will become responsible. In a stagnating economy, this is not an indisputable decision. And the point here is not in the figure of Vaino, but in the general internal political situation,” says Kolyadin.

Other candidates for the post of prime minister were previously named Sergei Sobyanin, Yuri Trutnev, Sergei Chemezov, Alexei Kudrin, Vyacheslav Volodin and other first-tier politicians.

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The current Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev will not be able to lead the government" fourth term» Vladimir Putin due to high anti-rating, the leader of the state will not risk support popular majority. This opinion in an interview RIA "New Day" said the director of the Institute of Contemporary Economics, leader of the socio-political movement “ New Russia» Nikita Isaev.

In his opinion, the composition of the new cabinet of ministers will partly depend on the election results of the candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Pavel Grudinina.

“The formation of the (new) cabinet of ministers will, first of all, be determined by the figure of the future chairman of the government. The formation of the current government, I mean a bloc that is not directly related to the president - the security forces, international relationships and so on, - happened within the framework of the personnel decision of the chairman of the government. If Medvedev stays, then I think there will be no serious changes,” Isaev said.

From his point of view, if Medvedev again heads the government, “spot changes” are possible as a result of “battles between the Kremlin towers.”

“We see fierce battles in medicine, where Golikova actively wants to return (Tatiana Golikova- Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation) with his influence. We see attacks on Roscosmos through the Rogozin group ( Dmitry Rogozin- Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation). The Ministry of Industry and Trade is also here. We see attacks on education. Point changes are possible,” says Isaev.

However, in his opinion, there are now serious reasons to believe that after the elections Medvedev will still leave his post. “He has too low a level of trust among the population. And for Putin in the new cycle, this will be, in my opinion, important. The Crimean consensus has in a certain way been exhausted, the situation on the international agenda is not so clear as to convey it to society as a victory. The loyalty of society for Putin will have important“, Isaev emphasized.

According to him, Medvedev has largely “taken upon himself the high anti-rating” due to the “economic failures” of the last six years.

“With this anti-rating, it will be difficult for him to remain in this position. But I think that in political system he will remain and perhaps aspire to be Putin's successor. I don’t think that this will be called a tandem, but it is obvious that he will be one of the potential successors and main actors in the transit of power,” Isaev noted.

In his opinion, the new government will be headed by “a fresh figure with a lower anti-rating.”

“In this regard, I think that the government will still undergo certain changes. There will be fewer Medvedev henchmen, I mean people like Dvorkovich ( Arkady Dvorkovich- Deputy Prime Minister), ridiculous Abyzov ( Mikhail Abyzov- Minister of the Russian Federation) with ridiculous functionality about an open government, which is still unclear what it does,” he said.

Among other candidates “for departure” from the government, the political scientist named the Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets, which oversees social sphere, Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky and the Minister of Construction and Housing and Communal Services Mikhail Me.

“Medinsky served this term too odiously. Minister of Construction Men, most likely, will also finish his work and return somewhere to a regional position - governor or plenipotentiary representative of the president,” Isaev believes.

“Those who worked with Putin will remain, because we believe that Putin will become president. I think it could be Siluanov ( Anton Siluanov- Minister of Finance), Oreshkin ( Maxim Oreshkin– Minister of Economic Development), although I believe that his appointment was wrong. I do not rule out that Shuvalov ( Igor Shuvalov– First Deputy Prime Minister) may remain, unfortunately. Kudrin's return is possible ( Alexey Kudrin– ex-Minister of Finance) in a certain way,” Isaev suggested.

In addition, he drew attention to the fact that the formation of the government will certainly be influenced by Grudinin’s result at presidential elections.

“The level of protest sentiment will matter here. From this it will be possible to understand that some positions will be transferred to the opposition component, for example, the Ministry of Agriculture. I am sure that Tkacheva ( Alexander Tkachev– Minister of Agriculture) will not be in the new government,” Isaev said.

He believes that the personnel composition"power bloc of the government" can up to last moment remain a mystery. “This is too closed a behind-the-scenes system, here the decision-making vectors are different than those lying on the surface,” Isaev emphasized.

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The State Duma approved the candidacy of Dmitry Medvedev for the post of head of government, who has been serving as Prime Minister of Russia for more than six years. All Russian prime ministers and their fate after leaving one of the key posts in the government - in the RBC photo gallery.

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He did not officially hold the post of Prime Minister, but headed the government as President of the RSFSR on the basis of Decree No. 171 during the period of radical economic reform.

In 1991 he was elected president of Russia. Left this post in December 1999.

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He did not officially hold the post of prime minister, he was acting. In December 1992, the Congress people's deputies refused to approve his candidacy for the post of prime minister due to dissatisfaction with the progress of economic reforms.

After leaving office, he held the positions of Minister of Economy and Finance of the RSFSR (1991-1992), Minister of Finance (February-April 1992), First Deputy Prime Minister (March-December 1992), acting. Chairman of the Government (June-December 1992) and others. He was a State Duma deputy of the first and third convocations. Died in 2009.

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Chernomyrdin's candidacy was proposed by Yeltsin to the Congress of People's Deputies as a compromise. In the late 1990s he was named among possible successors Yeltsin as president. For two days in November 1996, he was acting. president when Yeltsin had heart surgery.

After leaving the post of prime minister, he was a State Duma deputy, special presidential representative for the development of trade and economic relations with Ukraine (2001-2009), Russian Ambassador to Ukraine (2001-2009), and presidential adviser (2009-2010). Died in 2010.

Four months after his appointment, Kiriyenko spoke about the state’s inability to service its loan obligations. The consequence of the default was the collapse of the ruble exchange rate. As a result of these events, the government was dismissed.

Today he holds the post of first deputy head of the presidential administration.

After the resignation of the Kiriyenko government, Yeltsin twice unsuccessfully nominated former Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin to the State Duma, after which Yevgeny Primakov was chosen as a compromise figure - 315 out of 450 deputies voted for him.

The president explained Primakov's resignation by saying that his cabinet could cope with the crisis.

After leaving office, he was a Duma deputy, chairman of the Fatherland - All Russia (OVR) faction (in 2000-2001), and for ten years - president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (until 2011). Died in 2015.

He headed the government after Primakov’s resignation, but held his post for only a few months - Yeltsin dismissed him without explanation.

In April 2000, he was appointed Chairman of the Accounts Chamber. Left post in 2013.

Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Igor Sergeev (left) watch the flights of aviation equipment at the 4th International Aerospace Show (MAKS-99)

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“I decided to name a person who, in my opinion, is capable of consolidating society and, relying on the broadest political forces, ensuring the continuation of reforms in Russia. He will be able to rally around himself those who in the new, 21st century will have to renew great Russia. This is the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Director of the FSB of Russia Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin,” Boris Yeltsin said in his speech on August 9. From December 31, 1999 to May 7, 2000, Putin also served as acting president; on March 26, 2000, he was elected head of state.

Before his appointment as prime minister, Kasyanov served as finance minister and deputy prime minister in the government led by Putin. The resignation of the Kasyanov government took place on February 24, 2004.

Kasyanov, like the head of the presidential administration, Alexander Voloshin, who was fired before him, was among the opponents of the criminal prosecution of YUKOS shareholders and managers. Now Kasyanov PARNAS is a party that in the Kremlin is classified as a non-systemic opposition.

After Kasyanov’s resignation, Viktor Khristenko served as prime minister for a short time, then Mikhail Fradkov headed the cabinet. The Fradkov government became famous for its extremely unpopular reform - the monetization of benefits. Even under Fradkov, an administrative reform was carried out and the national projects “Health”, “Education”, “Affordable and Comfortable Housing” were launched. Their curator was Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who moved to the government from the post of head of the Kremlin administration. The government resigned on September 12, 2007, at the start of the campaign for the State Duma elections.

He was appointed director of the Foreign Intelligence Service. Left this post in 2016 and was appointed director Russian Institute strategic research.

Zubkov's government actually became a transitional one, and he himself was considered as a technical leader - the main role was played by First Deputy Prime Ministers Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev. They had equal status, since it was not yet known which of them would be nominated for the post of president after the end of Putin’s second presidential term. But Zubkov himself also said he could run for president if Putin entrusts him with this task.

In 2012, he was appointed special representative of the president for interaction with the forum of gas exporting countries.

He took the post of prime minister for the second time after Dmitry Medvedev's victory in the presidential elections. He also became the leader of United Russia, although he did not join the ranks of the party. Prime Minister Putin and President Medvedev are a “ruling tandem.” The resignation of Putin's second government took place on May 7, 2012.

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Russia's third president, Dmitry Medvedev, was appointed chairman of the government in 2012, after Putin won the presidential election. ​

On May 7, 2018, Putin officially took office as head of state for the fourth time, after which this is provided for by the constitution. On the same day, Medvedev was asked to remain in his post.

Among all the prime ministers in the new Russian history Dmitry Medvedev holds this position the longest.