Kosygin lost most of the privileges he had enjoyed before the reform, but Brezhnev was never able to remove him from the office of Chairman of the Council of Ministers, despite his weakened position.
Kosygion mistede de fleste af de privilegier, som han havde nydt før reformen, men Bresjnev blev dog aldrig i stand til at fjerne ham fra posten som formand for Ministerrådet på trods af Kosygins svækkede position.