Putin: Kudrin Sachok, does not want to work

Vladimir Putin suggested that the ex-Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin return to the civil service, but he refused. Putin said this during the so -called straight line. In response to the clarifying question of the presenter, whether such an offer was really made, Putin added: "It was refused." “Sachka, he does not want to work,” Putin said.

Kudrin presented in the hall explained his refusal. “I want to do real things,” Kudrin said. He also stated that a recent meeting on the economic issues that took place in Sochi on Monday had to be held a year ago. Kudrin noted that the country's economy has not yet overcome oil dependence. “It turned out that with such a high oil price, we have such low growth rates,” Kudrin said, reminding that the economy grew up significantly at a crisis.

On April 21, Gazeta.ru reported that Kudrin could return to the Kremlin in the coming days. According to the publication, the decision could be made on Monday as part of a tripartite meeting to stimulate economic growth. One of the options is the appointment of the First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration with authority to develop measures to increase the attractiveness of the investment climate and interaction with foreign investors, a source familiar with Kudrin said.

According to Gazeta.ru, Kudrin was invited to Sochi to a meeting with the president alone. On the same day, the president had a meeting on stimulating economic growth - there Kudrin was also present. Not only Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and ministers, but also experts were invited to the meeting.

In April last year, after being elected by the president, Putin thanked Kudrin for "firmness, responsibility and fundamental" in pursuing financial policy on the eve and during the crisis. “I would like to thank the employees of the Ministry and personally his former many years of the head of Alexei Leonidovich Kudrin for professionalism, for firmness, responsibility and fundamentalness in the implementation of the chosen financial strategy and tactics,” Putin said, speaking at the expanded collegium of the Ministry of Finance.