A MP holds a book headlined: "Putin's Plan." The State Duma endorsed Vladimir Putin as the country’s prime minister May 8.
Photo: Dmitry Dukhanin
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Putin Heads Govt Anew
The extraordinary sitting of Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, has endorsed Vladimir Putin as the country’s prime minister today, May 8. Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev proposed Putin’s candidacy to the parliament members yesterday.
Of 448 present at the sitting, 392 (87.1 ïðîöåíòà) backed up Vladimir Putin by the open vote. Of State Duma’s four factions, only the Communist Party of the RF (CPRF) opposed this authority of the former president.
Putin held the PM office in 1999 and was the RF president in 2000 to 2008.
His cabinet will pay particular attention to financial and tax policy and to lowering bureaucratic pressure on the business, Putin said when presenting his program to the State Duma.
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