Reuters: Yeltsin's son -in -law left the post of adviser Putin
Valentin Yumashev Valentin Yumashev, son -in -law of the former president of Russia Boris Yeltsin, who helped Vladimir Putin to come to power, left the post of adviser to the Kremlin, reports Reuters. Yumashev was Putin's adviser on a voluntary basis, that is, he did not receive a salary for this. His departure, as Reuters writes, breaks the last connection of the Putin administration with the reign of Yeltsin, which symbolizes the liberalism and openness of Russia in relation to the West.