Maksim Oreshkin: how ''black box'' suddenly became ''Putin’s favourite''
Russian political experts about a sudden media rise of the young technocrat
An unexpected ''favourite'' appeared in the register of Vladimir Putin's successors at the end of the last week – this is how Bloomberg characterised 35-year-old Minister of Economic Development of Russia Maksim Oreshkin. He was to arrive in Kazan on business on 28 August to hold a meeting to increase labour productivity and employment of the population. However, in the end, it was only a video conference from Moscow about this topic.
Realnoe Vremya asked famous Russian political experts how the young minister deserved such an honourable role and, most importantly, whether the very president of the Russian Federation knows about it.
Автор: By Rustem Shakirov