Peskov: Putin is aware of personnel changes in the leadership of the RANEPA

President Vladimir Putin was informed about personnel changes at the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), his press secretary Dmitry Peskov said. Today, January 23, Vladimir Mau was released from the post of rector of the RANEPA at his own request.

Mr. Peskov commented on this topic during a press call. He said that the RANEPA “has quite a lot of authority.” “Of course, the president was informed about this, this is a very important educational institution, which over the past decade has turned into a really very important educational center – a center for advanced training and so on,” the Kremlin spokesman said.

Alexey Komissarov has been appointed Acting Rector of the RANEPA. Mr. Mau has been the Rector since 2010. Last year, he became a defendant in a large-scale fraud case as part of an organized group, the case stopped in October 2022. In November he left for Israel. at RANEPA spokethat he was “on a planned vacation”, but Mr. Mau never returned to the country.

Read more about the case in the publication “Vladimir Mau got his subscription back”.

Laura Keffer