It should be a bang in the Kremlin: the special representative of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Anatoly Chubais, is resigning from his post. He is the highest-ranking politician to resign since Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special representative for relations with international organizations, Anatoly Chubais, has announced his resignation. This was confirmed by a spokesman for the former top politician, who was always counted towards the liberal camp, on Wednesday in Moscow. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “Chubais resigned at his own request.”
According to media reports, the 66-year-old’s resignation is related to Russia’s war against Ukraine. There was no comment from his spokesman. According to a report in the daily newspaper “RBK”, Chubais wants to emigrate to Turkey with his wife. According to the Interfax agency, Peskov said this was Chubai’s “personal matter”. According to the Chubais does not want to return to Russia.
Anatoly Chubais is considered a prominent liberal
Chubais took over the post as special representative in December 2020. Under the former head of state Boris Yeltsin, he had pushed ahead with the privatization of the economy as deputy head of government and head of the presidential administration. He later managed important companies for many years. In recent years, Chubais has continued to call for economic reforms and has been one of the most high-profile liberals associated with the Russian government.
Critics portrayed Chubais as a “Kremlin puppet master” who sold the assets of a former superpower to a small group of oligarchs in Russia’s privatizations of the 1990s, according to Reuters. For supporters of Chubai, on the other hand, he was someone who fought to establish a market in Russia and prevented a civil war from breaking out.
Source: Stern
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