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24 hours ago, this man was unknown to 99% of Russians. Now the Duma is about to confirm Russia's chief tax inspector, Mikhail Mishustin, as PM.
"Russian cabinet resigns" is a misleading headline. The real news is that Putin
a) responded to popular discontent by sacking Medvedev,
b) laid the legal groundwork for ruling Russia indefinitely.
Unclear if Medvedev was really demoted by being assigned deputy head of Security Council, a post that doesn't exist yet. Possible that Putin will call on Medvedev to take over an emasculated presidency in 2024, while he presides over State Council as supreme leader.
One of Putin's constitutional amendments would bar a person from presidency who resided abroad, which could slam door on ambitions of his 2 most prominent challengers, Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Alexei Navalny.
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