The Kremlin said that “it is better to ask Nabiullina.”
Bloomberg, citing several sources, announced the intention of Russian President Vladimir Putin not to remove the head of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina from the post after February 24, the date when Russia’s military special operation in Ukraine began.
The head of the Central Bank herself allegedly asked for her resignation.
A media source explained that Putin would consider such a move a betrayal, although employees of the financial profile of the regulator feel insecure about their capabilities in the conditions of isolation of Russia.
Bloomberg also reports on mass layoffs that affected the Central Bank. The agency believes that the regulator was counting on milder sanctions than happened, including disconnection from SWIFT.
They called this step “too extreme” because after the decision of the European Union and the United States, the Central Bank lost access to $300 billion of the $643 billion gold and foreign exchange reserve.
The Central Bank denied information about the head’s intention to resign, saying that the agency’s information is not true, RIA Novosti reports.
In turn, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the same agency that he would not comment on her wishes.
“It’s better to ask Nabiullina,” he told the agency.
Earlier, Topnews wrote that earlier the media reported a record rise in the Central Bank’s key rate. It exceeded 20%.