Yumashev was appointed adviser to Putin

Vladimir Putin appointed his adviser on a voluntary basis Valentin Yumashev, son-in-law Boris Yeltsin and a major political functionary of the second half of the 1990s. The corresponding decree is published on the Kremlin website.

Yumashev is 60 years old. Under the Soviet regime, he worked as a journalist, was at the CPSU. He met Yeltsin in 1989. He participated in the spelling of the Russian president of the books “Confession on a given topic” (1990) and “Notes of the President” (1994). He entered the nearest circle of Yeltsin.

Since 1991, the deputy head, since 1995 - the chief of the magazine "Spark". In 1996, a member of the Electoral Staff of Yeltsin. After the elections, his adviser on the issues of interaction with the media.

In March 1997 - December 1998 - head of the presidential administration. Then - Yeltsin's adviser on a voluntary basis.

In 2000, after the resignation of his cartridge, he acted as a co-founder of the Foundation of the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin; It is included in the Board of Trustees of this structure. Engaged in developmental activity; According to some reports, the half of the Empire tower in the Moscow City business center and 49.58 percent of the City - a company managing this business center.

It also works as a lobbyist. It was reported that he was one of the initiators of the nomination of the oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov in big politics.

In 2012, he contributed to the settlement of the conflict of shareholders of Norkel. In February of this year, he acted as a guarantor of a new resolution of the conflict in this company.

Meanwhile, RBC, citing a friend of Yumashev, reports that he is Putin's adviser "for 15 years, if not more." All this time, the source of the publication noted, Yumashev had his own office in Old Square.

Later, Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed RBC that the post of adviser Yumashev has been holding for 18 years. It follows that the son-in-law of Yeltsin did not leave this position from the very end of the 1990s.

Decrees on the reassignment of Yumashev, added Peskov, were published earlier. Why they were not published, the official did not answer.

In turn, the BBC, with reference to two anonymous sources, reported that the publication of the current decree was the result of a technical error.

Putin also appointed a number of full -time advisers. One of them was the 44-year-old Abubakar Edelgeriev, who from 2012 until now served as Prime Minister Chechnya.