Nabiullina Skips 2 SPIEF Panels as Central Bank Cites Sick Leave After Adviser Dies at 69
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Updated · The Moscow Times · Jun 4
Nabiullina Skips 2 SPIEF Panels as Central Bank Cites Sick Leave After Adviser Dies at 69
2 articles · Updated · The Moscow Times · Jun 4
Summary
Elvira Nabiullina was pulled from two St. Petersburg forum panels on cyber fraud and economic growth after her name disappeared from the participant list.
RBC cited a central bank spokesperson saying she was on sick leave, while Vedomosti reported she instead attended the funeral of adviser Alexei Mozhin, who died Wednesday at 69.
Andrei Makarov, who was to moderate one session, said only that the central bank chief could not attend for “objective reasons,” and the regulator did not clarify whether Nabiullina herself was ill.
At the panel she missed, senior Russian financial officials said Russia had achieved “absolute financial sovereignty” and should stop expecting Western sanctions to be lifted.
The absence comes with Nabiullina’s third and final term ending on June 24, 2027, requiring Vladimir Putin to submit a successor nominee by March 2027.