Putin extended Shuvalov’s powers for five years

Shuvalov took the post of head of VEB in 2018 after 10 years as first Deputy prime minister. Under him, VEB was transformed into a state corporation, given new powers and transferred under his control “Rusnano”, “Skolkovo” and other structures

 Putin extended Shuvalov's powers for five years

Igor Shuvalov

Russian President Vladimir Putin has extended the powers of the head of VEB.Russian Federation by Igor Shuvalov. The corresponding decree is published on the federal portal of legal information.

& laquo; Appoint Igor Ivanovich Shuvalov as the Chairman of the State Development Corporation «VEB.The Russian Federation» for a period of five years», & mdash; the document says.

The decree, dated July 24, comes into force from the date of its signing.

Shuvalov became the head of VEB in May 2018, replacing Sergey Gorkov. Prior to that, for ten years he held the position of first Deputy Prime Minister, overseeing first the development of entrepreneurship in the Far East and Transbaikalia, and later the entire economic block in the government. From 2000 to 2003, he headed the Cabinet of Ministers under the government of Mikhail Kasyanov, from 2004 to 2007 he was an assistant to the President.

In addition, since April 2019, Shuvalov has been the head of the board of Directors of the Far East Development Fund (FRDF), and in December 2020, he replaced Viktor Vekselberg as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Skolkovo Foundation.

Under Shuvalov, the development bank “Vnesheconombank” was transformed into the state Development Corporation “VEB”.The Russian Federation”, Putin has given it new functions and powers. In particular, VEB became responsible for coordinating the activities of development institutions and the long-term socio-economic development of the country.

After that, the optimization of the corporation began-about 2.5 thousand employees left the staff of VEB and its subsidiaries. In May last year, Shuvalov reported that the transformation of the corporation is at the final stage, and announced the reduction of another 10% of employees.

At the end of 2020, the reform of development institutions began in Russia. Within its framework, the SME Corporation, the Russian Export Center, EXIAR, the Industrial Development Fund, the Fund for Assistance to the Development of Small Forms of Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Sphere, the Skolkovo Foundation, as well as Rusnano and the Fund for Infrastructure and Educational Programs came under the control of VEB.

In June 2021, Shuvalov said that the reconfiguration of the state Development Corporation was completed.

RBC on YouTube Live broadcasts, videos and recordings of broadcasts on our YouTube channel

Источник rbc.ru

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *