Deputy Minister of Communications and Mass Communications of the Russian Denis Sverdlov, resigned, becoming the first officer, who decided to voluntarily leave his post, fulfilling the requirements of the law prohibiting government officials and their relatives have foreign assets and accounts. This was reported by the newspaper «Kommersant». «My wife has a point there, and unfortunately, it is not able to close it. This year we will have a wedding anniversary, 15 years, we have three children. I believe that my desires and ambitions are not intended to limit the family, so had to go to a demotion, «- said in an interview with Sverdlov. He added that the ministry will work as adviser to the Minister, but he said that it functions at a new position have not been discussed. The Federal Law «On the prohibition of certain categories of persons to open and maintain accounts (deposits) to store cash and valuables in foreign banks located outside the territory of the Russian Federation, own and /or use foreign financial instruments» Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation on May 8 this year. Fall under its scope persons holding government positions, management Attorneys General, the Central Bank, state-owned corporations, federal executive authorities, gosdolzhnosti subjects of the Russian Federation, as well as posts of the federal civil service, appointment and dismissal of which are exercised by the President, the Government or the Attorney General. Accounts in foreign banks allowed to have the heads of city and municipal districts, as well as their spouses and minor children. Violation of the ban, which will come into force on August 19 shall result in premature termination of office or dismissal due to lack of confidence. For those officials who do not wish to part with their foreign accounts, there is a way out: to leave the civil service. In the whole history of confusing one: official could be quite leave the ministry, for the «purity of the experiment.» But he chose to stay, at least for a lower-level positions.
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