2 Apr 2011 13:50

Top govt officials to resign from joint-stock companies partly owned by state - Medvedev

MOSCOW. Apr 2 (Interfax) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a directive introducing priority measures aimed at improving the investment climate in Russia, the Kremlin website has reported.

In particular, the government has been given the time by July 1 to initiate the passage of decisions at shareholder meetings on excluding deputy prime ministers and federal ministers coordinating government regulation in relevant sectors from the boards of directors or supervisory boards of joint-stock companies partly owned by the state and appointing independent directors or proxy directors in their stead.