Putin vs Guriev

On October 14, Bloomberg reported that the Professor of the Paris School of Political Sciences Science PO, a former RESH Rector and government adviser Sergei Guriev expects the appointment of the chief economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Evgenia Albats

In fact, by the time of the publication of this news, a well-known financial agency-and this news caused an unexpected excitement in Russia-Professor Guriev had already signed an offer of a prestigious London bank: he will begin to work in the EBRD since September 2016, a source who had previously worked in a management position, retaining, without salary (the EBRD does not allow receiving money somewhere somewhere In addition to the bank), lecture clock in Science PO.

Guriev will become the first native of Russia - the main economist of the EBRD, created by the West in 1991 in order to provide assistance and attract investment in Eastern European countries, including the Russian Federation. The position that is traditionally offered in the world, which is traditionally proposed in the world, is similar in terms of significance, influence and prestige, is only in the World Bank, which, unlike the EBRD, is mainly engaged in poverty, that is, the countries of Africa, while the European bank invests in countries with the average income, and it is its main economist that is responsible for developing the methodology for evaluating projects from the point of view of their influence on the quality of transformations in a particular country.

For Russia, however, this is not relevant now: the EBRR froze its Russian projects until the EU removes the sanctions imposed on the sectors of the Russian economy. Now it becomes clear the unexpected Escapad of President Putin about Guriev on October 1 of this year at a meeting of the Human Rights Council and the development of civil society. Putin said that (a) Guriev is a good specialist, (b) the Russian authorities have no complaints about him, (c) abroad the rector of Rash was because his wife found a job (Ekaterina Zhuravskaya, at the time of Guriev’s departure at the end of April 2013 - Professor Rash and the Parisian School of Economics and one of the most cited Russian economists) and more there) and (g) there) They pay.

There is no doubt that the president was once again lying a fool: Putin was perfectly aware that Sergey Guriev, fearing the arrest, fled from Russia, after he was searched in his office and Rash, and his post, including personal, was subjected to perlustration: investigators of the UK pumped it for three days - this was done in the framework of the so -called “case of experts” according to the second case of the case. The persecution of Guriev Putin was personally reported: Arkady Dvorkovich and Igor Shuvalov (Deputy Prime Ministers of the Government), the head of Sberbank Herman Gref (Guriev was an independent director of Sberbank with a salary of several hundred thousand dollars-the salary of a university professor at times less), former Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin, etc. He wrote (see, for example, “Brains for Departure”, No. 19 of June 03, 2013).

Obviously, Putin was informed that the EBRD founders stopped at the candidacy of Sergei Guriev as the chief economist of the bank: the reputation of Guriev both in the academic and banking circles of the West is impeccable, moreover, a representative from Russia in the EBRD was to agree on the candidacy of the scientist with the heads of Russian economic departments (agreed, but after removing sanctions (once this It will happen!) They have to work with Guriev * .

Just a fable story: do not spit in a well, from which, maybe, you have to get drunk.

* Interview with Sergey Guriev read in the next issue.