Event

Winning side

Defeated side

Development Outlooks

Metropolitan Kirill is elected head of the Russian Orthodox Church

Kirill

Kliment

Kirill will quickly manage to suppress centers of discontent with his election in the ROC

First deputy PM Igor Shuvalov attends a government hour in the State Duma

Igor Sechin

Igor Shuvalov

In case of further deepening of the social and economic crisis, government liberals will become responsible for that

Dmitry Medvedev replaces Veniamin Yakovlev with Sergey Dubik as the president’s representative at Higher Qualification Panel of Judges

Anton Ivanov

Lyudmila Maikova, Oleg Sviridenko

If the panel approves Maikova’s dismissal, Ivanov will restart offensive on Sviridenko’s position in Moscow Arbitration Court

Dmitry Medvedev attends a meeting of the extended board of FSB

Alexander Bortnikov

FSB is likely not to actively run after bodies spending anti-crisis funds not as intended

Dmitry Medvedev meets with Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov and its co-owner Mikhail Gorbachev

Dmitry Medvedev

President will continue making symbolic steps aimed at maintaining the image of liberal

Dmitry Medvedev meets with representatives of parliamentary parties

Such meetings will be regularly held in the future

Amendments to State Duma regulations envisaging automatic sending of bills to Public Chamber for examination

Public Chamber

This measure will somewhat increase the Chamber’s role in legislative process

Federal bailiff service head Artur Parfenchikov holds press conference

The service will not give up plans of turning into full-fledged power body

Beginning of reorganization of Federal Service for Ecological, Technological and Atomic Inspection

Yury Trutnev

Most notable team members of the service’s ex-head Konstantin Pulikovsky will be substantially demoted or dismissed