Management personnel pool under the Russian President’s patronage updated 2019-01-10 15:00:00 Vladimir Putin approved the updated management personnel pool under the patronage of the President of Russia. The pool consists of 142 people from federal and regional state agencies, local government bodies and other organisations. The previous management personnel pool was approved in December 2017, with the President appointing six of its members to various positions since then. In all, 39 people in the pool received new appointments.