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Russian President Vladimir Putin participates in a video conference with members of the Security Council in Moscow, Russia, on November 6, 2020. / Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin participates in a video conference with members of the Security Council in Moscow, Russia, on November 6, 2020. / Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new law on the appointment of the prime minister and other members of the cabinet, the TASS news agency reported on Friday.
Under the new law, the president appoints the prime minister, deputy prime ministers, and federal ministers after approval by the State Duma (lower house of parliament); the president appoints the ministers of defense, interior and foreign affairs after consultation with the Federation Council (upper house of parliament).
The president is obliged to present his candidate for prime minister to the State Duma within two weeks after taking office or after the resignation of the government.
If the candidate is rejected by the State Duma, the president must present another candidate within a week. If the state Duma rejects the candidate three times, the president can appoint the prime minister without his approval and has the right to dissolve the state Duma.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin presents a report on the government’s 2019 performance during a plenary meeting of the State Duma in Moscow, Russia, on July 22, 2020. / Getty
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin presents a report on the government’s 2019 performance during a plenary meeting of the State Duma in Moscow, Russia, on July 22, 2020. / Getty
The president can also remove any member of the government, including the prime minister, without dissolving the cabinet.
Any Russian citizen who is at least 30 years old and does not have a foreign citizenship or residence permit from another country is eligible to be a government minister.
Putin orders efforts to implement the Paris Agreement
Putin also signed a decree ordering the Russian government to work towards complying with the 2015 Paris Agreement to combat climate change.
In a decree released on Wednesday, the Russian president ordered the government to target a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 of up to 30 percent below 1990 levels.
On the other hand, he said that any action to reduce emissions must take into account the need to guarantee stable and balanced socio-economic development and ordered the government to develop and ratify a socio-economic strategy until 2050 that includes the reduction of emissions.
Russia is the fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world.
(With contributions from agencies)
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