Medvedev fires finance minister

Article reported that Dmitry Medvedev, Russian President, sacked the country’s Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin on the 26 september 2011, in the clearest sign yet that a deal announced days earlier between Mr Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to swap jobs in 2012 was provoking a backlash in Moscow political circles.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin named Anton Siluanov as acting finance minister on the 27 September 2011 after Alexei Kudrin's dramatic departure from government.

RBTH Network, 26.9.11: Finance Minister Kudrin quits at president's urging Russian minister quits after presidential clash

ESO: Background information: Putin to return as Russian president http://www.europeansources.info/record/putin-to-return-as-russian-president/

BBC News, 26.9.11: Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin resigns http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15064866

Deutsche Welle, 26.9.11: Russian minister quits after presidential clash http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15417634,00.html

BBC News, 27.9.11: Putin names Anton Siluanov new Russian finance minister http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15076765

RBTH Network, 27.9.11, Experts: it was necessary to update the tandem http://rbth.ru/articles/2011/09/27/experts_it_was_necessary_to_update_the_tandem_13492.html

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