Media: the head of the Central Bank can become Nabiullina

Until the end of March, Russian President Vladimir Putin must decide on the candidate for the post of head of the Central Bank. In June 2013, the third term of powers of Sergei Ignatiev ends, and therefore the name of the successor will be announced until the end of the current month. Putin, as Izvestia is reminiscent , the other day in Vologda said that the candidacy of the new head of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation will be a surprise for everyone. “It will be unexpected, you will like it,” he said.

And now the newspaper, citing its sources in the Ministry of Finance, writes that the main contender for the post of head of the Bank of Russia is an ex -Minister of Economic Development, and now the Assistant President Elvira Nabiullina.

“The former head of the Ministry of Finance Alexei Kudrin was also offered this post, but he refused. Most likely, this will be Nabiullina, at least her candidacy at the last discussion in the government was the main one, ”says Izvestia interlocutor.

Also, among the possible candidates that were considered in the AP, they call the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank Alexei Ulyukaev, the head of VTB24 Mikhail Zadornov, the head of VTB Andrei Kostin, the chairman of the board of Vneshephonbank Vladimir Dmitriev and the ex-head of the FSFR Oleg Vyugin. Political scientist Yevgeny Mingchenko, whose opinion is given in the newspaper, believes that everything except Nabiullina is technical figures.