Anatoly Chubais, the former Special Envoy of the President of Russia for Sustainable Development, resigned of his own free will.
This was stated by the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov, writes RIA Novosti.
The departure of Chubais from the post of special representative of the president is also reported by TASS, citing a source “from Chubais’ entourage.” “Yes it’s true. Anatoly Borisovich is leaving this post, ”said the agency’s interlocutor.
Earlier, Anatoly Chubais was spotted in Istanbul at an ATM. It is reported by “Kommersant”.
The publication also published a picture that included a man who looked like Chubais. In the photo, a man in a cap and jacket is standing at an ATM. It is specified that the frame was taken on Tuesday, March 22.
Two acquaintances of Chubais confirmed to RBC that he and his wife Avdotya Smirnova were leaving for Istanbul. According to one of them, Chubais “was going to return” to Russia.
At the same time, the brother of the ex-head of Rosnano, Igor Chubais, in an interview with the publication, said that he did not know anything about the decision of the politician.
Forbes reported that he managed to get through to Chubais on the phone, but when asked if he had really left Russia, he did not answer and hung up.
Bloomberg’s interlocutors said that Chubais’s departure is connected with his position on Ukraine.
The possible departure of the former head of Rosnano, Anatoly Chubais, is logical. So the information that Chubais left Russia was commented on by the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy Mikhail Delyagin, his words are quoted by Moscow Speaks.
According to the deputy, the task of the politician was probably to bring Russia to default, as it happened, according to the parliamentarian, in 1998. He coped with this, after which he decided to leave the country, Delyagin said.
Chairman of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov was pleased with the departure of the former special representative of the President of Russia Anatoly Chubais from the country. It is reported by REGNUM agency.
In the early 1990s, Chubais headed the State Property Committee and oversaw the privatization process in Russia. In 1994, Chubais was appointed First Deputy Prime Minister. From 1998 to 2008, he headed the energy company RAO UES.
In 2008, Chubais headed the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies. After the transformation of the state corporation into a joint-stock company in 2011, he took the post of chairman of the board of JSC Rusnano, and then headed the management company Rusnano, established in 2013.
