Kudrin expressed doubts about the fact of extortion of a bribe Ulyukaev
Photo: TASS The head of the Center for strategic research (CSR) Alexei Kudrin considers it premature to assert the fact of extortion of a bribe by the former Minister of economic development of Russia Alexei Ulyukayev. This opinion he expressed in the program “Vesti on Saturday with Sergei Brilev” on TV channel “Russia 1”. “My doubts that all of it could be associated with a difficult configuration of his (speaker – approx. TASS) in the territory of Rosneft. In fact, it is not accepted, even can’t imagine this, to a Minister with such a powerful man with the authority, as Sechin, could behave this way”, – he said. In addition, Kudrin urged not to link the arrest of the speaker with his other work as Minister of economic development. So, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov said that the former Minister has delayed the decision on the transfer of “Chechenneftekhimprom”