PoliticsRussia’s VEB.RF fires chief economist Andrei Klepach after remarks on losing economic ‘war of attrition’
Russia’s state development corporation VEB.RF dismissed chief economist Andrei Klepach after media circulated his remarks that Russia could not win the economic “war of attrition.” Sources linked the move to his criticism of Russia’s economic and political course, while VEB.RF confirmed his departure without giving a reason.
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Russia’s VEB.RF fires chief economist Andrei Klepach after remarks on losing economic ‘war of attrition’