A document called the Golden 1,000 is drawing attention to the failings of the Kremlin’s traditional recruitment procedure. 

Apparently suffering from a lack of competent personnel thanks to years of good old-fashioned nepotism, the Kremlin is to receive an injection of Russian talent via a recruitment drive initiated by President Dmitry Medvedev last summer.  Under Medvedev’s plan, members of a Duma commission have been scouring the country for ‘the most talented, creative-thinking and professional people’ who, the plan goes, will fill Russia’s senior government posts.

From the Moscow Times:

The recruitment drive highlights […] the need for a new generation of managers to replace the Soviet-era nomenklatura, and Kremlin watchers say the initiative is an attempt to lessen the influence of civil servants directly loyal to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.