Bloomberg: Putin economic adviser Sergei Glazyev to leave the Kremlin

Published Aug. 16, 2019 at 11:24 am

Presidential adviser Sergei Glazyev takes part in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2014 (SPIEF 2014) in St. Petersburg on May 22, 2014. The Saint Petersburg Economic Forum is touted as Russia's answer to Davos, an annual meeting of global business leaders which President Vladimir Putin has attended every year since 2005 and often uses to sign major deals and rub shoulders with state leaders.

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An economist known for challenging Russia’s tight-money policies as a top adviser to President Vladimir Putin is leaving the Kremlin after seven years.

Sergei Glazyev will switch to the Eurasian Economic Commission that oversees relations between member states of the Eurasian Economic Union, comprising Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, a commission spokesman said Friday. His appointment as minister for integration and macroeconomics is planned to be confirmed formally at a summit of leaders of member states on October 1.