Career notes: In charge of IMF�s programs for the CIS� Arranged $22 billion bailout in �98 just before the August crisis, allowing oligarchs to convert assets into hard currency and transfer them off shore� Published an article in the Wall St Journal two months after the crisis entitled �What Went Wrong with Russia�� According to Communist Sergei Glazyev, he was one of the Westerners with insider info about the date of the devaluation before it happened� Sees Putin as someone who can build opportunities for investment, liberalize financial systems, protect property rights and curb corruption� Recently claimed that there are �grounds for optimism� visible in the Russian economy�