14 Nov 2013 20:10

Kudrin to join Kremlin expert council - Putin

NOVO-OGARYOVO, near Moscow. Nov 14 (Interfax) - Former Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin is going to join the presidential expert council, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.

"He will join forces with us, in the presidential expert council, which isn't too bad either. I expect very much that he will make a lot of useful contributions to our discussions, to our decisions," Putin said at a meeting of the supervisory board of the Strategic Initiatives Agency for New Projects.