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Posted on November 17, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleRussia's financial watchdog has labeled ex-PM Kasyanov and economist Guriev as extremists, highlighting their opposition to the Kremlin.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's financial watchdog has added former prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov and leading economist Sergei Guriev to its list of "extremists and terrorists", its website showed on Monday.
Kasyanov served as prime minister for the first four years of President Vladimir Putin's rule and was sacked in February 2004, weeks before Putin was elected to a second term.
After his resignation, he went into opposition to the Kremlin. In 2022, he left the country and criticised Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Kasyanov was previously labelled a "foreign agent" by Russia in November 2023.
Guriev is a former chief economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development who now serves as dean of the London Business School.
(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Lucy Papachristou; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
An economist is a professional who studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, analyzing data to understand economic trends and policies.
A financial watchdog is a regulatory body responsible for overseeing financial institutions and markets to ensure compliance with laws and regulations, protecting consumers and maintaining market integrity.
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