MOSCOW, Feb 26 (PRIME) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to dismiss Vladimir Dmitriyev from his CEO post at Vnesheconombank (VEB) and appointed Sergei Gorkov, a deputy chairman of the executive board of biggest bank Sberbank, as new VEB CEO, the Kremlin said in a statement Friday.
Dmitriyev had been VEB’s CEO for the past 12 years. Now VEB is close to a default, and the government has to find 1.3 trillion rubles to redeem its debts until 2020.
(76.3929 rubles – U.S. $1)
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