• Russia.The Russian Government resigns after announcing Putin changes to perpetuate in power
  • Such Day As Today.The day Vladimir Putin ascended the throne

The economist Mikhail Mishustin , a technocrat who has worked almost his entire career in public administration, proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, will be the new prime minister after being confirmed by the Duma or Lower House of Parliament by overwhelming majority. After receiving 383 votes in favor, none against and 41 abstentions, Mishustin said his priority would be "to regain trust between authorities and companies."

Although almost no one in Russia knew him until now, Mishustin (53) has one of the most important work credentials when it comes to stomping in the halls of power in today's Russia: playing ice hockey with Putin . Inevitably, he will be seen as a possible presidential successor, but the same will happen to the members of the new government. Many of them are expected to be new, although it is assumed that most of the most important faces will remain in one place or another.

Mishustin is a Muscovite official, but with gallons. Gray, but too powerful to be taken by an office worker without more. In 1998 he began his slow progression along the paths of the Federal Tax Service, until he went on to preside over the agency in 2010. He may be a 'capped' or a presidential , although few yesterday bet on him as the next tenant of the Kremlin. Of course, when Russian President Boris Yeltsin sat a taciturn Vladimir Putin at his table in 1999, many thought it would be a parenthesis. 20 years have passed since then.

His ideology is unknown to Russian media. It is not taken by a liberal. But of course it cannot be a 'silovikí', as experts refer to the members of the State security organs. That group collided with Medvedev during his term as president. And now he has a quota of primordial power in the Kremlin.

The closest ones define it as effective and free from the stain of corruption , something that is both easy and difficult to find depending on which ranks of the Russian administration are sought. Mishustin has no connections with the elite, but neither with the viceroys of the regions. He has been in the thick Russian tax pond for ten years, in the shadow of power and away from scandals. Several members of his department are sanctioned internationally in the 'Magnitsky list', named in memory of Serguei Magnitsky , a lawyer who ended up dying in jail in 2009 after having uncovered an alleged plot of corruption within the tax collection system. Mishustin began his 'reign' the following year. In fact, he is considered a 'fiscal warrior' who has served his country's armor by killing - or at least injuring - the dragon of the stubborn underground economy.

He has worked for some years in the private sector, in areas such as asset management and information technology. Share some things with Medvedev, such as his passion for new technologies.

"It is an unexpected candidacy, but that does not mean that it causes rejection," said Ilias Umajanov , vice president of the Russian Senate, in statements released by Efe. He was professor of economics after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Mishustin knows what the government is: between 1999 and 2004 he served as Deputy Minister of Taxation.

Abroad will have a hard time falling better than Medvedev. But within your country, one of your personal tasks should be not to be meat of 'meme', as happened to your predecessor. Medvedev has an encyclopedia of jokes about his person.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

Know more

  • Vladimir Putin
  • Senate
  • Russia

RussiaPutin believes that the 'impeachment' against Trump is based on "fully invented" accusations

Maghreb Turkey and Russia call for a ceasefire in Libya from Sunday

Investiture The King to Pedro Sánchez after promising as president: "It has been fast, the pain comes later"