The Kremlin spokesman
Dmitry Peskov noted that Mishustin as the head of government is responsible
before the state.
MOSCOW, January 26.
/TASS/. New Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has a certain freedom of
actions to form his team, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview
with "Moscow. Kremlin. Putin" program on Rossiya-1 TV channel on
Sunday.
"Certainly,
there is some candidate pool, from where if needed candidates are picked or
proposed. However, since Mishustin received a proposal to head the cabinet, definitely,
I believe he had and has a certain carte blanche to form his team," Peskov
said.
The Kremlin spokesman
noted that Mishustin as the head of government is responsible before the state.
Peskov stressed that
Russia’s cabinet reshuffle was linked to the new goals set by President
Vladimir Putin. "This is an extraordinary task and this requires a
government with maximum efficiency, dynamics and flexibility at work. That’s
because now there are no other options," he said.
The previous Russian
government resigned on January 15 in the wake of constitutional amendments
proposed by Putin. The president accepted the cabinet’s resignation and
nominated the chief of the Federal Tax Service, Mikhail Mishustin, for the
prime minister. The next day Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State
Duma, confirmed Mishustin as the new prime minister. On January 21, the Russian
president’s decrees approved the government’s structure and its new members.
Source: ITAR-TASS
26-01-2020
