| According to YABLOKO’s leader Sergei Mitrokhin, new appointments
in the financial and economic bloc of the Russian government
are unlikely to lead to changes in Russia’s financial policy.
“I think that any abrupt changes in view of appointment of
Anton Siluanov acting Finance Minister and Igor Shuvalov supervisor
of the financial-economic bloc in the government are unlikely.
Most probably everything will remain as it is,” Sergei Mitrokhin
told to Interfax.
He also noted that replacement of the Finance Minister is
unlikely to lead to economic upheavals.
“Finance Minister may be regarded as person responsible for
budget incomes and expenditures, but he does not determine
[economic] policies. These polices are determined by the Economic
Ministry and the head of the Cabinet, therefore replacement
of Finance Minister is not that significant and is unlikely
to lead to catastrophic consequences,” he stressed.
Mitrokhin also said it was too early to forecast the effects
of the appointment of the acting Finance Minister and broadening
of Igor Shuvalov’s proxies.
“It is difficult to make any forecasts here. Anton Siluanov
is a new person and he should show himself off. Igor Shuvalov,
in his turn, has been supervising many fields in the government
and it is also very difficult to forecast the efficiency of
his supervision of the financial-economic bloc,” he added.
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