Career notes: recently appointed as the advisor to the Big 8 group, replacing Alexander Livshits...Putin�s current economic advisor... headed the independently run Institute for Economic Analysis from June 1994 until recently... fired from the Economic Analysis and Planning group in February 97 for �violation of work discipline�... known as being a �constant and outspoken critic of the government�and a �reputedly radical liberal�... likes to predict economic turnarounds and reversals every two years or so... has profound insights such as �inflation will rise and the ruble will fall.�

Minor League Notes: graduated in 1983 from Leningrad University in Economics... 1992-1994 served as the first deputy director of the Center for Economic Reforms