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Russian parliament confirms Putin as prime minister
By STEVE GUTTERMAN – 1 hour ago
MOSCOW (AP) — Loyal lawmakers confirmed Vladimir Putin as prime minister Thursday, capping a carefully engineered recast of Russia's leadership a day after he handed the presidency to his protege Dmitry Medvedev.
The State Duma approved Putin in an overwhelming 392-56 vote after Medvedev told lawmakers that Putin had restored the world's respect for Russia and improved the lives of its citizens in eight years as president.
Medvedev said he would sign a decree making Putin prime minister later in the day.
Putin's unprecedented move from the Kremlin to the No. 2 post will keep him politically prominent for the foreseeable future and could serve as a springboard back to the presidency. It has Russians wondering who will really hold the country's reins.
The switch comes after months of political maneuvering by the popular Putin to maintain a role in ruling Russia after stepping down. Barred by term limits from running in the March presidential vote, he anointed Medvedev as his favored successor in December and pledged to serve as his prime minister.
Medvedev formally nominated Putin in one of his first acts as president Wednesday. His confirmation was never in doubt in the Duma, the lower parliament house, where his United Russia party holds 315 of the 450 seats.
Presenting his nominee to a rare full house at the Duma on Thursday, Medvedev said lawmakers' applause "means that Vladimir Vladimirovich needs no special recommendation" and credited his mentor with recharging Russia's economy and raising its global stature.
"Russia is respected once again," Medvedev said.
Medvedev suggested Putin would have a strong influence on Russian policy for years to come. He said Putin had been involved in setting goals for the country's development through 2020 and "as Cabinet chairman will play a key role in their realization."
Putin vows more cash for Russia's nuclear defences
Thu May 8, 2008 6:55am EDT
MOSCOW (Reuters) - New Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised on Thursday to pay higher wages to members of the nuclear and air defense forces -- the pillars of national security -- and to create a special fund to finance it.
Military analysts say Russia badly needs to increase support for its intercontinental ballistic missiles, strategic bombers, nuclear submarines to ensure proper combat readiness, at a time when conventional forces are in a deep crisis.
"We must admit: the existing system of financial allowances ... does not let us honorably pay those carrying out their military duties in the most responsible jobs," Putin said in a speech to parliament after his nomination as prime minister.
"... those on duty in submarines and strategic bombers, in air defences and in strategic nuclear missile forces, those on duty in units play a key role in our defense capacity."
Putin, who handed over the Russian presidency to his successor Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday, proposed creating a system of "special material incentives" for strategic forces.
"In 2009, no less than 25 billion roubles ($1.05 billion) will be channeled for these purposes," he said to the rapturous applause of the State Duma lower house of parliament, heavily dominated by his United Russia party.
Putin, who had held office since 2000, said Russia's army had received more than 300 types of new weapons since 2001.
"But this is not enough," he said. "In the future, support for the army and navy will remain our indisputable priority."
Putin's critics and independent analysts say that most of the military equipment rolled out while he was in power was designed in the 1970s and 1980s during the Soviet era.
(Reporting by Dmitry Solovyov; editing by Tim Pearce)
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