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REPLACEMENTS APPOINTED FOR KUDRIN AS HE HITS BACK AT KREMLIN
Tert.am
23:18 27.09.11
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Tuesday appointed stands-in
for Alexei Kudrin, who was dismissed as finance minister earlier this
week over criticism of President Dmitry Medvedev.
First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov will oversee financial
issues in the Russian cabinet while Anton Siluanov will become acting
finance minister following Kudrin's dismissal on Monday, Putin said.
He stressed that both appointments had been cleared by President
Dmitry Medvedev.
"This is our joint decision. I hope there will be no setbacks,"
Putin said.
Kudrin was ousted after invoking Medvedev's wrath by saying he would
decline a job in a future Russian government that Medvedev is likely
to head.
Kudrin cited disagreements with the president on economic policies,
in particular, on considerable defense expenditures, as the reason.
President Medvedev said on Saturday at a United Russia party congress
that he believed Prime Minister Vladimir Putin should stand in March
presidential elections.
Medvedev will head United Russia's ticket at December's polls and is
likely to be named prime minister in the event of Putin's return to
the Kremlin.
Kudrin said on Tuesday that his decision had been well thought through
and not spontaneous.
"On September 24 the long-term structure of government in our country
became clear and I stated my position," he said.
"This has absolutely nothing to do with emotions," Kudrin said,
adding the Right Cause party that media reports said he could head
was an artificial project that he could not possibly endorse.
Tert.am
23:18 27.09.11
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Tuesday appointed stands-in
for Alexei Kudrin, who was dismissed as finance minister earlier this
week over criticism of President Dmitry Medvedev.
First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov will oversee financial
issues in the Russian cabinet while Anton Siluanov will become acting
finance minister following Kudrin's dismissal on Monday, Putin said.
He stressed that both appointments had been cleared by President
Dmitry Medvedev.
"This is our joint decision. I hope there will be no setbacks,"
Putin said.
Kudrin was ousted after invoking Medvedev's wrath by saying he would
decline a job in a future Russian government that Medvedev is likely
to head.
Kudrin cited disagreements with the president on economic policies,
in particular, on considerable defense expenditures, as the reason.
President Medvedev said on Saturday at a United Russia party congress
that he believed Prime Minister Vladimir Putin should stand in March
presidential elections.
Medvedev will head United Russia's ticket at December's polls and is
likely to be named prime minister in the event of Putin's return to
the Kremlin.
Kudrin said on Tuesday that his decision had been well thought through
and not spontaneous.
"On September 24 the long-term structure of government in our country
became clear and I stated my position," he said.
"This has absolutely nothing to do with emotions," Kudrin said,
adding the Right Cause party that media reports said he could head
was an artificial project that he could not possibly endorse.