LONDON: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development named Sergei Guriev as its new chief economist on Tuesday two years after he fled Russia claiming pressures over his criticism of the government, BSS/AFP reported.
The former rector of Moscow’s liberal-leaning New Economic School was one of Russia’s leading economists and will join the EBRD in 2016 after fulfilling teaching commitments in Paris.
The London-based EBRD, which was founded in 1991, is dominated by former Soviet countries eager to break away from Moscow’s economic sway and Guriev will be its first Russian chief economist.
Guriev told AFP in emailed comments that his appointment was …read more
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