Kudrin Gets 8th Deputy

Jan. 15, 2010

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin appointed Alexei Savatyugin to be a deputy finance minister, the government said in a statement Thursday.

Putin signed an order at the end of last year creating an additional deputy position for Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, giving him an eighth.

Savatyugin has headed the ministry’s department of financial policy since 2004 and has board seats at Rosgosstrakh, Sberbank, the Mortgage Lending Agency, Rosselkhozbank and the Deposit Insurance Agency.

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