Alexei Kudrin
Russia's ex-finance chief Alexei Kudrin speaks during his press conference in Moscow, on April 5, 2012. Kudrin formed a policy centre today that cemented his return to politics and positioned him for a possible post under president-elect Vladimir Putin. The liberal and widely respected veteran finance chief said he was now joining some of Russia's more reform-minded analysts and public figures to form a group called the Committee for Civil Initiatives.
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These plans immediately cross out the target for Russia to jump to the 20th place in international doing business ratings from the current 120th position
I support those going there. It's important to sort out the situation with political forces
The scenario of a debt crisis, growth slowdown and a drop in oil demand is 40 percent likelyMore quotes »
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McFeatters: Russia rearms against 'threats'
dependent on commodity revenues in constant flux, afford all of this? The answer is no, according to former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin , who said last fall that even a more modest buildup threatened both the budget and the economy as a whole. He was fired Read more »
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Just Russia Party Introduces Kudrin Protest Bill, Interfax Says
Lawmakers from Just Russia party have introduced a bill in parliament for an alternative law regulating protests developed by former Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin’s Civic Initiative Committee, Interfax reported. Pro-government lawmakers gave pre 5/29/12 from Bloomberg.com Read more »
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Super technologies for aerial evacuation of vehicles
The Moscow Times takes a look at a new study ordered by former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin. The same think tank that predicted the street protests months before they began claims that continued protests in Russia will likely lead to a violent backlash from Voice of Russia Read more »
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No Dramatic Change in New Government
The reaction to the new government has largely been neutral to negative. Perennial hopes that Russia was finally going to embark on a radical and rapid course of economic reform and political liberalisation failed to materialise — but then such hopes alw from The Moscow Times Read more »
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Russia Needs Early Duma Elections - Ex-Finance Minister
Former finance minister Alexei Kudrin, who currently chairs the Civil Initiatives Committee, said on Friday that early parliamentary elections in Russia would improve the situation in the country. “Holding new elections at some time… would be a very seri from RIA Novosti Read more »
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Will Vladimir Putin Learn from Russia’s Revolutionary History?
On Friday, President Vladimir Putin’s former finance minister, Alexei Kudrin, issued a stark warning to his former boss: If the regime refuses to pursue "further” political reforms and continues its recent policy of mass detention, it will radicalize the from Brookings Institution Read more »
