Putin signs a new government law
Russian President Vladimir Putin recently signed a new law on the formation of a government, which defines some basic principles for the formation of the government of the Russian Federation.
This law was formulated in accordance with Russia's latest constitutional amendment.
According to this law, the Russian administrative agency is composed of the federal government and other federal agencies directly led by the president.
Prior to this, the Russian administrative agency was composed of the federal government.
This law determines the procedure for the appointment of the Russian prime minister.
According to the law, the president has the right to nominate candidates for prime minister and appoint them after they are approved by the State Duma (lower house of parliament).
If the State Duma vetoed the prime minister nominated by the president for three consecutive times, the president has the right to appoint the prime minister directly.
If this happens, the President has the right to dissolve the State Duma.
In addition, the president can change the prime minister while retaining the government.
According to the new law, the President, after consulting with the Federal Council (upper house of parliament), appoints leaders of powerful government agencies such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Ministry of Defense. Other ministers are nominated by the Prime Minister and submitted to the State Duma for voting.