Not called, does not cry

Former Deputy Prime Minister Vladislav Surkov denied his appointment to the president’s assistant on innovative development. This was reported by his closest associate Alexei Chesnakov, referring to the SMS message received from Surkov.

“Neither the position of innovation assistant, nor the plenipotentiary in the North Caucasus, the Minister of the Far East, nor the head of Rosnano -Skolkovo (and can’t even imagine how these latter can be united),” Chesnakov quoted Chesnakov quoted Surkov’s message.

Earlier on Tuesday , the possible return of Surkov to the Kremlin to the post of assistant president was reported by Izvestia with reference to sources in the White House. According to them, "the new post was arranged by both Vladislav Yuryevich and the leadership of the country."

Other proposals were made to Surkov, but not one of them arranged a former deputy prime minister, the newspaper sources claimed. They noted that Surkov did not want to subordinate to the replacing him in the presidential administration Vyacheslav Volodin.

Surkov was resigned by the presidential decree on May 8. It was emphasized that the Deputy Prime Minister leaves his post of his own free will. According to the official version, the resignation was related to the execution of last year's decrees of Putin.

On the eve of the resignation, Surkov entered a public controversy with the leadership of the Investigative Committee on the investigation of theft in the Skolkovo Foundation. In early July, the official representative of the TFR Vladimir Markin said that the reaction of the department to the statements of Surkov , who doubted the presence of evidence of the facts of abuse in Skolkovo, could not be so harsh if they had information about his imminent resignation.

At the end of July, Surkov said in an interview with the Russian Pioneer magazine that he continues to consider himself a supporter of Putin . According to Surkov, God sent him to Russia. The former Deputy Prime Minister also said that he intends to continue the fight against the opposition. “They are either my opponents, or directly enemies. There is no support for them. There is no respite to them. Of course, my funds are not the same now. But nothing, I will guerrine alone,” Surkov said.