The lower house of parliament approved Alexei Kudrin as head of the Accounting Chamber. His candidacy was previously nominated by United Russia, and President Vladimir Putin chose him from among four candidates for the seat. On Tuesday, May 22, at a plenary meeting in the Duma, Kudrin promised that he would not make the second government of the agency. He recalled that the Accounts Chamber makes a conclusion on the federal budget and conducts an independent audit of the Cabinet:.

"Thus, we see our participation, and not substitution, of course, of the government," he answered a question from a member of the Communist Party faction, also a candidate for the post of head of the Accounting Chamber, Yuri Sinelschikov. However, despite a satisfactory answer, the faction of the Communist Party refused to support the nomination of Kudrin. The Liberal Democrats also spoke out against the. In the opinion of the leader of the LDPR faction, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, it is more appropriate to appoint a representative of the parliamentary opposition to this control body, rather than a nominee from the majority. As a result, 264 deputies voted for Kudrin, 43 opposed, 43 more abstained. Alexey Kudrin served as Deputy Prime Minister in the period of 2000-2004..

and the Minister of Finance since May 2010. until September 2011. after the conflict with then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev left the government and since then has not worked in government bodies. Tatyana Golikova, the predecessor of Kudrin at the head of the Accounts Chamber, moved to work in the government as vice-premier for social policy. The Accounting Chamber is the main financial control body of the Russian Federation, does not depend on the government, reports to the parliament.