Kudrin agreed to head the Accounts Chamber

Former Minister of Finance, Chairman of the Board of the Center for Strategic Research (CSR) Alexei Kudrin agreed to head the Accounts Chamber, three sources told RBC and confirmed The Bell's interlocutor in the government. Kudrin's press secretary Pavel Kuznetsov did not comment on the information that Kudrin had already agreed, saying that the head of the CSR promised to consider the proposal and continues to consider it.

Details

• This is a good option for the Accounts Chamber, Kudrin is a “worthy candidate,” an anonymous federal official commented on the decision to RBC.
• United Russia has already agreed on Kudrin's candidacy for the post with the head of the faction, Dmitry Medvedev, said the leader of the faction in the State Duma, Sergei Neverov.
• for this post Several more candidates were considered , in particular, United Russia nominated the first deputy chairman of the Duma, Alexander Zhukov, but he refused, so Kudrin was chosen, Vedomosti wrote.

Context

• A few days ago, first the Financial Times and then Bloomberg reported that Vladimir Putin is considering appointing Kudrin to a high post, where he will establish economic ties with the West and restore economic growth. According to the FT, it was either a post in the presidential administration or the position of deputy prime minister.
• On the eve of the appointment of a new government, The Bell sources said that Putin's assistant Andrey Belousov could be appointed First Deputy Prime Minister for Economics. Kudrin could have moved in his place. But among the candidates for deputy prime minister Kudrin was not named by Medvedev. According to Vedomosti's source in the presidential administration, after that, Kudrin's transfer to the Kremlin became impossible.
• Dmitry Medvedev, who previously headed the Accounts Chamber, proposed Tatyana Golikova for the post of Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the social bloc.

What do I get from this?

It seems that at least the next week will be devoted to discussing whether the Accounts Chamber will turn into a formidable weapon in the hands of Kudrin. The editor-in-chief of Ekho Moskvy, Alexei Venediktov, has already begun .