Chubais ex‑deputies detained amid Kremlin’s power struggle
In Moscow, several former deputies of Anatoly Chubais have been detained. Putin owes his career at the Kremlin to Chubais. Chubais left the country after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, protesting against this aggression.
Several former deputies of Anatoly Chubais, who once worked with Vladimir Putin, have been detained in Moscow. This information was provided by the independent portal Meduza.
Chubais is mainly known as the architect of Russia's economic transformation, having served as, among other roles, the Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister under Boris Yeltsin. He was also the person to whom Vladimir Putin owes his first job at the Kremlin, in the president's administration.
He was a critic of the war
After the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, he left the country and was one of the highest-ranking members of the Russian authorities to protest against Russian aggression.
The detainees were associated with Chubais during his tenure as the head of the state corporation Rosnano. Their detentions are connected to an investigation into the abuse of official powers.
Another agency, Interfax, reported that the detainees are involved in a criminal case concerning the misuse of funds. Among those detained were the former CEO of Rosnano, Boris Podolski, and his former deputy for finance, Artur Galstyan.
Chubais served as the president of Rosnano from 2011 to 2020. After leaving Rosnano, he became the Russian president's envoy for sustainable development, but in March 2022, Putin dismissed him from this role.
After leaving Russia, Chubais stayed in Israel, where, in 2024, he contributed to the establishment of the Russian Research Centre at Tel Aviv University. Earlier, in the summer of 2022, he was hospitalised in Sardinia with a suspected neurological illness.
In January 2025, State Duma deputies submitted an inquiry to the Investigative Committee, proposing an investigation into Chubais concerning potential crimes that could have occurred during his leadership of Rosnano.
Source: PAP/WP
