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Oleg Kozhemyako Appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District

On the 22nd, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a series of presidential decrees approving appointments to several posts, including deputy prime ministers, government ministers and presidential aides.

According to the decrees published on Russia's official legal documents portal, Putin appointed Anton Siluanov as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Irina Okladnikova as Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Government Apparatus, Oleg Kozhemyako as Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District, and Andrey Nikitin as Deputy Prime Minister. Putin also appointed Yuri Trutnev as a presidential aide and Dmitry Yadrov as Minister of Transport.

Kozhemyako served as head of Primorsky Krai for eight years, driving steady regional economic growth with a pragmatic style. In 2025, the region's GDP reached 2.3 trillion rubles, with industrial and agricultural output growing 9% and 35% year on year respectively, while annual port cargo throughput exceeded 160 million tonnes. He has taken a positive and pragmatic stance toward China, helping push the region's trade with China to 8 billion US dollars, with annual road border crossing cargo volume surpassing 3.3 million tonnes. He also completed upgrades to multiple customs facilities and delivered continued improvements in livelihood infrastructure. These strong results, together with a high approval rating of 72.78%, laid a solid foundation for him to take charge of the entire Far Eastern Federal District.