The Federation Council may consider the proposal to remove Kudrin from office on Wednesday

The issue of dismissal of Alexei Kudrin from the post of head of the Accounts Chamber may be considered by the Federation Council on Wednesday, if by that time the relevant presentation of the President of Russia is received, transmits “RIA Novosti” with reference to the chairman of the budget committee of the Federation Council Anatoly Artamonov.

Artamonov specified that the upper house had not yet received the president’s proposal to dismiss Kudrin from his post. At the same time, he answered in the affirmative to the question whether lawmakers expect the presentation of the head of state by Wednesday.

If the submission is in the upper house before Wednesday, then the senators will be able to consider this issue at the plenary session. He also clarified that no new candidates for the post of head of the Accounts Chamber were presented to the president by the committee.

November 25 TASS, RIA Novosti and RBC with reference to sources reportedthat the head of the Accounts Chamber may soon move into “Yandex“. The TASS source clarified that the actual decision on Kudrin’s transfer to another position has already been made, it will be formalized on November 30 or December 14.

On the same day “Yandex» announced on plans to split the group’s assets. Part of the businesses, including autonomous cars, cloud technologies, and others, will continue to operate in Russia, but their international parts will be spun off into independent companies managed by a company in the Netherlands, the statement said.

Earlier, information also appeared that the first deputy chairman of the State Duma, Alexander Zhukov, could head the Accounts Chamber instead of Kudrin. Companion RBC explainedthat Zhukov is the main candidate, but other options are being considered.

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