The president of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin (left), the president of Association of Russian Banks Garegin Tosunyan(second at the right) and the first deputy Finance Minister Sergey Shatalov (right) attend the Banker Day 2005.
Photo: Ilya Pitalev
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Bank Holiday
Prominent figures of the Russian banking community and heads of the Finance Ministry gathered last week for a corporate event which they all called the Banker Day. Bankers posed at the backdrop of the mock Kremlin, promised to battle inflation and wondered why Alexey Kudrin, the country’s main financier, had not shown up.
The holiday was organized by Fitch Ratings agency in central Moscow. The head of the Russian office of Fitch Ratings James Watson, Deputy Finance Minister Sergey Shatalov, President of Sberbank Andrey Kazmin, head of the Association of Russian banks Garegin Tosunyan and other representatives Russian financial elite came to the party
Speaking about Fitch Ratings, Alexander Ulyukaev, deputy chair of the Central Bank cited Vladimir Mayakovsky adding that “it’s not that rating agencies light the stars of Russian banks, but they kindle them – that’s for sure. Sergey Shatalov, in his turn, promised to fight inflation and attract investment.
Once toasts were over, the music blared off from speakers and an Finance Ministry official made a joke: “Shall we dance?” The financiers did not go to the dance floor, though but started posting at the background of the ice Savior Tower of the Moscow Kremlin.
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