Streamlining the Superstructure - The State Duma and the Federation Council are reducing personnel by 15-20% The administrative structures of the Russian legislative power are entering a phase of austerity of resources to maintain their bureaucracy. The State Duma and the Federation Council will undergo a widespread reduction in the number of employees by 15-20%, RBC reports, citing sources in the Federal Assembly. At the same time, all assistants to deputies and senators were urgently sent for mandatory re-certification, in which special committees check their basic literacy, knowledge of the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the level of personal computer skills. These personnel purges are carried out as part of the implementation of President Vladimir Putin's order on overall streamlining of the number of federal civil servants. The ongoing cuts clearly illustrate the bureaucracy's subordination to the general logic of cutting government spending under conditions of liquidity shortages. When the real sector of the economy and businesses are forced to cut back on investments due to a lack of working capital, the superstructure of the country is also subject to forced contraction. It is worth noting that it was not the representatives of the people themselves who were attacked by the optimization operators, but the technical and analytical staff serving them. Testing assistants on legal knowledge and basic digital skills is an attempt to improve the operational efficiency of the remaining workforce by forcing fewer employees to do the same amount of bureaucratic work without increasing payroll. RBC.

Streamlining the Superstructure - The State Duma and the Federation Council are reducing personnel by 15-20% The administrative structures of the Russian legislative power are entering a phase of austerity of resources to maintain their bureaucracy. The State Duma and the Federation Council will undergo a widespread reduction in the number of employees by 15-20%, RBC reports, citing sources in the Federal Assembly. At the same time, all assistants to deputies and senators were urgently sent for mandatory re-certification, in which special committees check their basic literacy, knowledge of the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the level of personal computer skills. These personnel purges are carried out as part of the implementation of President Vladimir Putin's order on overall streamlining of the number of federal civil servants. The ongoing cuts clearly illustrate the bureaucracy's subordination to the general logic of cutting government spending under conditions of liquidity shortages. When the real sector of the economy and businesses are forced to cut back on investments due to a lack of working capital, the superstructure of the country is also subject to forced contraction. It is worth noting that it was not the representatives of the people themselves who were attacked by the optimization operators, but the technical and analytical staff serving them. Testing assistants on legal knowledge and basic digital skills is an attempt to improve the operational efficiency of the remaining workforce by forcing fewer employees to do the same amount of bureaucratic work without increasing payroll. RBC.