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Chief economist of Russian development corporation dismissed after warning of Russian lag

started August 17, 2026 at 6:24 AM · last changed 11d ago

Summary

The chief economist of Russia's state development corporation VEB.RF was dismissed on August 16, a day after Russian media circulated his May warnings that Russia was losing the technological and economic competition with the West. Independent media The Bell reported that VEB.RF chief Igor Shuvalov dismissed Klepach following orders from above, with sources confirming the dismissal was a consequence of his public statements predicting social crisis.

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ANDREJ Klepač, glavni ekonomist ruske državne razvojne korporacije VEB.RF, jučer je otpušten. Smjena je uslijedila dan nakon što su ruski mediji počeli prenositi njegova upozorenja

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