Senator Torshin was appointed deputy chairman of the Central Bank

Senator Alexander Torshin was appointed by the State Secretary-Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia, he will be responsible for interaction with the chambers of the Federal Assembly, executive bodies of state power at the federal and regional levels, RBC reports with reference to the press service of the Central Bank.

Torshin has not yet written applications for the addition of the powers of Senator, the chairman of the regulation committee in the upper house of parliament Vadim Tulipanov told the agency. He admitted that he learned about the appointment of Torshin from the press. A source close to Torshin, a source in the Federation Council confirmed that the senator himself knew in advance about the impending appointment.

In 1995-1998, Torshin already worked at the Bank of Russia, also as a state secretary with the then head of the Central Bank Sergey Dubinin. He was responsible for interaction with government bodies, public organizations and the press. In 2001, Torshin became a representative in the Federation Council from the Government of Mari El, in January 2002 he was elected deputy chairman of the upper house of parliament. In September 2008, he became the first vice speaker. From May to September 2011, he acted as chairman of the Federation Council.

This is the second purpose in the Central Bank for the last week. On January 16, the Bank of Russia officially announced the appointment of the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank Dmitry Tulina. From January 21, 2015, he will deal with the issues of monetary policy. Ksenia Yudaeva, who supervised these questions, will retain the post of First Deputy Head of the Central Bank, she will be engaged in forecasting, strategy and financial stability issues.

Personnel permits in the Central Bank occurred against the backdrop of a sharp fall in the ruble. According to RBC sources, the decision to withdraw part of the powers with Ksenia Yudaeva was made in the presidential administration, but the Kremlin did not choose a candidate for the position of responsible for monetary policy, granting this right to the Bank of Russia.

In turn, the presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied the information that the decision on rearrangements in the Central Bank was made in the Kremlin. "The presidential administration does not deal with personnel issues within the Central Bank, the decision was made by his leadership," he said.