Paul
Goble
Staunton, January 28 – Deputy Prime
Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko will serve as curator for nationality policy in
the new Russian government according to the division of responsibilities announced
by new Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin (government.ru/gov/responsibilities/). He replaces Vitaly Mutko in that capacity.
Curiously, Chernyshenko, like Mutko,
was deeply involved with the Sochi Olympiad. Mutko, of course, became notorious
for his involvement in the Russian doping scandal. Chernyshenko in contrast was
head of the Sochi Olympics organizing committee (nazaccent.ru/content/32086-nacionalnuyu-politiku-v-pravitelstve-budet-kurirovat.html).
The
new curator will oversee the work of the culture ministry, the communications
ministry, the Federal Agency for Nationality Affairs, and other government
bodies involved with state policy in this regard. But migration issues will be
overseen by Tatyana Golikova, and issues involving the Far East, the North Caucasus
and the Far North by Yury Trutnyev.
Meanwhile,
Vladimir Putin has named former culture minister Vladimir Medinsky to be his
special advisor on the Russian world and so will likely play a major role in
the formation of nationality policy as well (kasparov.ru/material.php?id=5E302EEF6EB76).
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