MOSCOW, October 21. /TASS/. During a plenary session, State Duma members confirmed five candidates for positions within the Russian government.
TASS has compiled the key details regarding these appointments.
Personnel changes
- The State Duma confirmed Oleg Kozhemyako as Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District.
- Andrey Nikitin was confirmed as Deputy Prime Minister.
- Irina Okladnikova was confirmed as Deputy Prime Minister and Chief of the Government Staff.
- The State Duma confirmed Anton Siluanov as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance.
- Dmitry Yadrov was confirmed by the State Duma as Minister of Transport.
Statements made during the State Duma plenary session
- Russia maintains a stable and dynamically developing transport system; the primary objective is to ensure the integrated operation of the transport complex, stated Nikitin.
- The large-scale implementation of autonomous systems - on land, in the air, and at sea - is a top priority for the transport sector, he added.
- A new development strategy for the Arctic, covering the period up to 2036, is set to be approved by the end of this year, Kozhemyako announced.
- Plans are in place to bring 8.3 GW of new energy capacity online in the Far East over the coming years; additionally, the Primorye-2 International Transport Corridor is slated for launch in the near future, he noted.
- Kozhemyako reported that the volume of new housing construction in the Far Eastern Federal District has tripled over the past decade.
- Currently, about 650 facilities outlined in the master plans for the development of the Far East and the Arctic are either under construction or in the design phase, while over 280 projects have already been completed, he stated.
- The world has been undergoing a large-scale transformation in recent years, yet Russia has managed to maintain its financial health, Siluanov said.
- The Ministry of Finance will continue to strengthen the resilience of the Russian federal budget against oil price volatility, he emphasized.
- Russia’s federal budget is set to exceed its revenue targets from the sale of state assets by a factor of five, bringing in approximately 500 billion rubles, Siluanov reported.
- Over the past five years, real disposable household income has grown by more than 30%, he noted.
- The capacity of Russia’s seaports is set to increase by 108 million tons, Yadrov stated.
- He noted that work is ongoing on a development concept for inland waterway transport, covering the period up to 2035, with an outlook extending to 2050.
- The draft budget allocates over 5.6 trillion rubles for transport development over the next three years; it is crucial to maintain these funding levels, Yadrov emphasized.
Review process for nominations
- On Monday, following a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin submitted the nominations for new government members to the State Duma for approval.
- On October 19 and 20, the nominees held meetings with representatives from all political factions.
- On October 20, the nominations were reviewed by the relevant parliamentary committees.
Statements from political factions
- The United Russia faction has unanimously supported all five candidates nominated for government positions, announced Vladimir Yakushev, Secretary of the party’s General Council.
- Alexey Nechayev, head of the New People faction, emphasized that "this renewal will be beneficial" and noted that all the candidates for these high-ranking positions are known as "professional individuals."
- LDPR leader Leonid Slutsky stated that the entire LDPR faction in the State Duma would support all five candidates.
- Sergey Mironov, head of the A Just Russia faction, also informed TASS of his faction's intention to support all five candidates.
- Gennady Zyuganov, leader of the CPRF, stated that the faction's deputies support all the candidates.
Support from committees
- Previously, the State Duma Committee on the Development of the Far East and the Arctic endorsed the nomination of Kozhemyako for the position of Deputy Prime Minister and Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District.
- The State Duma Committee on Transport and Development of Transport Infrastructure unanimously supported the nominations of Yadrov for the post of Minister of Transport and Nikitin for the post of Deputy Prime Minister.
- The State Duma Committee on the Budget recommended the confirmation of Siluanov for the position of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance.
- The State Duma Committee on Control unanimously supported the nomination of Okladnikova for the position of Deputy Prime Minister and Chief of the Government Staff.