OAO Sberbank’s chief economist Ksenia Yudaeva may join the Kremlin as head of the experts’ directorate, Kommersant reported, citing an unidentified person in the administration.

Yudaeva neither confirmed nor denied her appointment when contacted, the newspaper added.

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