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Main page > Products > Politics in Russia: power, lobby, conflicts - The weekly bulletin > Politics in Russia: power, lobby, conflicts. Issue No (31) 719 Politics in Russia: power, lobby, conflicts. Issue No (31) 719July 21-July 28, 2008 Main tendencies of political weekDuring the summer lull a rumor about soon collision of Vladimir Putin’s and Dmitry Medvedev’s teams again provoke big interest. According to the leakage refuted by the presidential administration chief, an anti-corruption special force is planned to be established having extraordinary authority to deal with officials of any rank. Another information leakage says that Dmitry Medvedev will soon start promoting members of his team, who have been in the shadow so far, to influential positions in the state machinery. Such information attacks are likely to be aimed at confusing second and third tier elites, who have no direct access to the top level; it is also another attempt of the discontented bloc to remind about themselves. Informational struggle unfolded on lower levels of power too. According to data published last week, ground forces commander Alexey Maslov may occupy the post of Russia’s military envoy to NATO. This information looks more like a news leak rather than real data. Firstly, the peculiarity of Anatoly Serdyukov’s HR policy is its non-publicity in adopting corresponding decisions: an official is the first to learn about it and then the general public. Secondly, it is quite suspicious that, according to mass media statements, this move will be the last in mopping up the ministry from the personnel legacy of Serdyukov’s predecessors, although there are still some generals in the ministry occupying top positions for more than 10 years. Finally, it seems that in the short-term perspective Anatoly Serdyukov has fully used his quota of dismissals. On the threshold of government restructuring information struggle has affected civil entities too. In particular, confrontation around the merger of entities subordinate to the ministry of economic development has sharpened. Initially it was planned that in autumn the Federal Agency for Registering Real Estate, Federal Agency of Geodesy and Cartography and the Federal Registration Service will join the Federal Agency for Managing State Property (FAUGI) headed by Yury Petrov, ex-head of the Russian Federal Property Fund, member of Dmitry Medvedev’s personal staff pool. However, judging by indirect facts, after Vladimir Ustinov’s protégé Sergey Vasilyev was reappointed head of the federal registration service, the layout of forces somewhat changed. Currently the merger of the three mentioned entities is lobbied without their joining FAUGI, according to some news leaks. Major events July 21 - July 28, 2008
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