Alexei Kudrin resigns from all his posts

According to Natalia Timakova, presidential press secretary, Dmitry Medvedev told the former Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrinthat, not being a civil servant, he would not be able to hold a number of positions.

Up to this point. Kudrin remained Chairman of the National Banking Council (NBC), Chairman of the Financial Markets Council under the President of Russia and Head of the Board of Directors of the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA). Now the former minister will leave these positions. In addition, Kudrin was excluded from the commission on military-technical cooperation.

At the moment the acting Minister of Finance is Deputy Minister Anton Siluanov.