wilt a lot of noise about the fact that the «gray cardinal» of Russian politics (as it is called by many media), Vladislav Surkov, returns to work in the Kremlin, this time, with the rank of Assistant to the President of Russia, in fact, still is «empty shell.» The publication «Gazeta.ru,» in reference to the former employees of the presidential administration denies this information. Allegedly Surkov himself in the network «Twitter» has denied his possible appointment to a higher post. Vladislav Surkov attributed the following reply: «anyone ever discussed no assistant for innovation, nor the authorized representative in the North Caucasus, the Far East or the minister or the head of «RUSNANO-Skolkovo» (and do not even know how you can combine these last «However, it is possible that run in the media about the return of Surkov — a kind of «test» of public opinion on the subject that he returned after a while, but not right now.
Yegor Ivanov, RIA «VladNews»