On October 22, 2026, President Vladimir Putin appointed the former head of the Federal Air Transport Agency, Dmitry Yadrov, 38, as Minister of Transport. Among the 32 members of the government, he is the only one under the age of 40. He is followed by the Minister of Industry and Trade, Anton Alikhanov, 40 years old, and the Deputy Prime Minister and Chief of Staff of the Government, Irina Okladnikova, 41 years old. Personnel changes have revamped certain roles. The top itself remains age appropriate. And Domosti calculated the age of the cabinet members at the time they took office. The current average is 53 years and a month. The first cabinet of Prime Minister Mikhail Meshustin in 2020 had 52 years and three months, Putin's government until 2012 had about 49 years and one month. The appointment age increased by 4 years. The current ministers and deputy prime ministers today are 54 and 6 months old on average. The difference with the age at the meeting is 17 months. The composition ages both during service and during the selection of successors. The second way is more important: new leaders are given powers later. The October decrees allow us to trace the manpower trajectory. The Minister of Finance, Anton Siluanov, also became the Deputy Prime Minister, the Head of the Ministry of Transport Andrey Nikitin took the Deputy Prime Minister's seat, and the Prime Minister's Governor Oleg Kozhmyaku moved to the Cabinet as Deputy Prime Minister and representative in the Far East. Okladnikova transferred from the Ministry of Finance, Yadrov from the Federal Air Transport Agency. Meshustin appointed candidates, the Duma approved them, Putin appointed them. All of them already worked in the government. Article 112 of the Constitution establishes this procedure for the majority of cabinet members. The president appoints the defense ministers after consultation with the Federation Council. According to Vadomosti estimates, a quarter of the current government received appointments during the last 3 years. A quarter of the new appointments did not reverse the trend towards an increase in the age of managers. President Putin turned 74 on October 7. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is 76 years old and has been the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2004.

On October 22, 2026, President Vladimir Putin appointed the former head of the Federal Air Transport Agency, Dmitry Yadrov, 38, as Minister of Transport. Among the 32 members of the government, he is the only one under the age of 40. He is followed by the Minister of Industry and Trade, Anton Alikhanov, 40 years old, and the Deputy Prime Minister and Chief of Staff of the Government, Irina Okladnikova, 41 years old. Personnel changes have revamped certain roles. The top itself remains age appropriate. And Domosti calculated the age of the cabinet members at the time they took office. The current average is 53 years and a month. The first cabinet of Prime Minister Mikhail Meshustin in 2020 had 52 years and three months, Putin's government until 2012 had about 49 years and one month. The appointment age increased by 4 years. The current ministers and deputy prime ministers today are 54 and 6 months old on average. The difference with the age at the meeting is 17 months. The composition ages both during service and during the selection of successors. The second way is more important: new leaders are given powers later. The October decrees allow us to trace the manpower trajectory. The Minister of Finance, Anton Siluanov, also became the Deputy Prime Minister, the Head of the Ministry of Transport Andrey Nikitin took the Deputy Prime Minister's seat, and the Prime Minister's Governor Oleg Kozhmyaku moved to the Cabinet as Deputy Prime Minister and representative in the Far East. Okladnikova transferred from the Ministry of Finance, Yadrov from the Federal Air Transport Agency. Meshustin appointed candidates, the Duma approved them, Putin appointed them. All of them already worked in the government. Article 112 of the Constitution establishes this procedure for the majority of cabinet members. The president appoints the defense ministers after consultation with the Federation Council. According to Vadomosti estimates, a quarter of the current government received appointments during the last 3 years. A quarter of the new appointments did not reverse the trend towards an increase in the age of managers. President Putin turned 74 on October 7. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is 76 years old and has been the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2004.