MOSCOW, APR 1, - RIA Novosti/Prime. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has appointed the Deputy head of the Finance Minister Sergei Storchak Deputy Manager of the Russian Federation at the European Bank for restoration and development (EBRD), is reported in the government's possession.

in addition, the Prime Minister appointed Storchak Deputy Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the Council of the international Bank. At the same time, the Prime Minister released from these duties, the former head of the Federal service for financial markets and a former Deputy Finance Minister Dmitry Pankin.

in February of 2015 Pankin took office as the head of Board of the Eurasian development Bank (EDB) and was removed from office by the Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.

EBRD - Bank, established in 1991, 61 countries (now 64) and 2 international organizations to support the market economy countries from Eastern Europe to Central Asia.

Interstate Bank is an international Bank and credit institutions with 100% participation of state capital in the CIS countries. This is the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan. The purpose of the activities of the international Bank is to promote economic integration and development of the economies of the CIS countries through the establishment of a mechanism for payments for cross-border payments in national currencies.

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