Government of Russia

Russians follow orders; people are afraid – more afraid of the state – than of dying. ~ Yaroslav Trofimov

The government of Russia is the federal executive body of state power of the Russian Federation. The members of the government are the prime minister, the deputy prime ministers, and the federal ministers. It has its legal basis in the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the federal constitutional law "On the Government of the Russian Federation". The Apparatus of the Government of Russia is a governmental body which administrates the activities of the government. According to the 1991 amendment to the 1978 constitution, the President of Russia was the head of the executive branch and headed the Council of Ministers of Russia. According to the current 1993 constitution, the president is not a part of the government of Russia, which exercises executive power. However, the president appoints the prime minister.

Quotes

• The nature of its Government is interference, negligence and corruption. You rebel against the notion that you could become accustomed to all this, yet you do become accustomed to it. In that country, a sincere man would be taken for an idiot.
  • Marquis de Custine, as quoted in "Word for Word/The Marquis de Custine;A Long-Ago Look at Russia: (So What Else Is New?)" (16 June 1996), by Steven Erlanger, The New York Times

• Russians follow orders; people are afraid – more afraid of the state – than of dying.
  • Yaroslav Trofimov, as quoted in "From Ukraine, a War Correspondent" (10 January 2024), by Jay Nordlinger, Q & A, Hosted by Jay Nordlinger

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Government of Russia on Wikipedia