Executive power in the Russian Federation shall be exercised by the Government of the Russian Federation. The Government of the Russian Federation shall consist of the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, deputy chairmen of the Government of the Russian Federation and federal ministers.
Pursuant to section 2 of Article 114 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the procedure of the activities of the Government of the Russian Federation is determined by the Federal Constitutional Law adopted on December 30, 2008.