Economics
Putin Critic Becomes EBRD's First Russian Chief Economist
- Sergei Guriev to join London-based lender next summer
- Adviser fled Russia for Paris exile in 2013, fearing arrest
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A former Russian government adviser critical of President Vladimir Putin is the new chief economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the first representative of the country to hold the position.
Sergei Guriev, 44, who has ties to ex-Yukos oil chief Mikhail Khodorkovsky and opposition activist Alexey Navalny, will join the bank in summer 2016 after fulfilling academic commitments, the London-based lender said in an e-mailed statement Tuesday. He currently teaches at Sciences Po in Paris.