Sergey Aleksashenko

Aleksashenko in 2023

Sergey Vladimirovich Aleksashenko also transliterated as Alexashenko (Russian: Сергей Владимирович Алексашенко; born 23 December 1959) is a Russian economist and former government official. He was the deputy finance minister from 1993 to 1995, and first deputy chairman of the board of the Central Bank of Russia from 1995 to 1998. He was placed on a wanted list by the Russian government in November 2023.

Early life

Sergei Aleksashenko was born in 1959 into a family of engineers. Upon graduating from high school, he entered the MGIMO, but left it after two years. Three years later, Aleksashenko enrolled in the Moscow State University. He graduated from the university in 1986 and later obtained a PhD in economic sciences at the Central Economics and Mathematics Institute (CEMI) .

Career

Aleksashenko was the deputy finance minister from 1993 to 1995, and first deputy chairman of the board of the Central Bank of Russia from 1995 to 1998.

Aleksashenko was a President and CEO of Merrill Lynch in Moscow from 2006 to 2008.

In 2014, evading political persecution, Aleksashenko left the Russia and live in the United States since then.

From 2016 to 2019, Aleksashenko was a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.

From 2019 to 2021, Aleksashenko was advisor to the prime minister of Ukraine Olexiy Honcharuk, minister of finance of Ukraine Serhiy Marchenko, and to the Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine Kyrylo Shevchenko.

In November 2023, the official Russian news agencies TASS and RIA reported that Russia's interior ministry had placed him on a wanted list with Sergei Guriev, another economist in exile, on unspecified charges.

In 2024, he became a Senior Research Fellow, Head of Economics at the "New Eurasian Strategies Centre" (NEST).

Political stance

In May 2014, Aleksashenko publicly criticised the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.

In March 2020, he signed an appeal against the amendments to the Russian Constitution proposed by Vladimir Putin.

In 2022, Aleksashenko condemned Russian invasion of Ukraine. Since march 2022, he is one of the members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia.

Personal life

Aleksashenko is married, he has three children.

Selected works

Notes

  1. ↑ From 1995 to 1998, Aleksashenko, who was the deputy finance minister and first deputy chairman of the board of the Central Bank of Russia, was a superior to Aleksandr Torshin who was a superior to Alexander Romanov who allegedly is the leader of the Taganskaya OPG (Russian: Таганская ОПГ) in Spain and refers to Torshin as his 'godfather' according to the Spanish Civil Guard. According to the Spanish Civil Guard, Alexander Romanov is an intermediary between Torshin and Igor Zhirnokleev (Russian: Игорь Жирноклеев) who is the leader of the Taganskaya OPG.

References

  1. 1 2 "Бывшего замминистра финансов Алексашенко поймали на контрабанде культурных ценностей". www.mk.ru (in Russian). 23 August 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Duarte, Esteban; Meyer, Henry; Pismennaya, Evgenia (9 August 2016). "Mobster or Central Banker? Spanish Cops Allege This Russian Both". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 28 November 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. 1 2 Кириленко, Анастасия (Kirilenko, Anastasia) (20 July 2018). "Не просто Мария: как зампред ЦБ Торшин заслал помощницу в штаб Трампа и чем он занимался в Таганской ОПГ" [Not just Maria: how Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Torshin sent an assistant to Trump’s headquarters and what he did in the Taganskaya organized crime group]. The Insider (in Russian). Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. 1 2 "Russia places former central banker Aleksashenko on wanted list, state news agencies report". Reuters. 18 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 "Сергей Алексашенко" (in Russian). 24smi.org. 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  6. ↑ Леонид Велехов (7 November 2015). "Сергей Алексашенко: "У нас сегодня в стране абсолютная монархия"". Радио Свобода (in Russian). svoboda.org. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "Программа «Особое мнение» от 02.05.2014. Ведущая — Ирина Воробьёва, гость — Сергей Алексашенко" (in Russian). echo.msk.ru. 2 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "Российские юристы, писатели, журналисты и ученые подписали обращение против поправок в Конституцию" (in Russian). rfi.fr. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  9. ↑ "Антивоенный комитет призвал россиян выйти на акции протеста" (in Russian). golosameriki.com. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2023.