Mishustin dismisses Osmakov from post of Russian first deputy industry and trade minister

MOSCOW. Oct 21 (Interfax) - First Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Vasily Osmakov has left the ministry after more than 20 years of work.

An order to release Osmakov from his position was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. The document was published on the official portal of legal information.

"Vasily Sergeyevich Osmakov is released from the position of Russian first deputy industry and trade minister in connection with a transfer to another job," the text of the order said.

The powers among the deputy ministers will be redistributed; this, as well as the appointment of a new first deputy minister, will be announced later, the press service of the Industry and Trade Ministry said.

The forty-two-year-old Osmakov worked at the Ministry from 2004 (at that time, it was called the Industry and Energy Ministry). Until 2008, he held various positions, from chief specialist of the public relations department to head of the strategic planning and research department. From 2008 to 2012, he was an assistant and advisor to the head of the Industry and Trade Ministry. In 2012, when the ministry was headed by Denis Manturov (now first deputy prime minister), he was appointed director of the department of strategic development and project management, and deputy minister from 2016.

In April 2021, Osmakov was promoted to the position of first deputy industry and trade minister and retained this post after Manturov ceased to head the ministry in 2024. Anton Alikhanov, previously the governor of the Kaliningrad region, became the head of the ministry.

At the ministry, Osmakov supervised the department of budget policy and finance, the department of strategic development and corporate policy, and the administrative department. His area of activity included budget planning and ensuring state programs, industrial policy in the sphere of import substitution, coordination of the ministry's work in implementing national projects and preparing programs and development strategies in civilian sectors; monitoring the execution of instructions, personnel policy, and implementing corporate governance in structures subordinate to the Industry and Trade Ministry.