RUSSIA - Profile - German Oskarovich Gref.The Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Gref is powerful among the reformers and leads the Centre for Strategic Development, which was created after Putin became prime minister in 1999. Like Putin, Gref is from St. Petersburg Petersburg, city (1990 pop. 38,386), politically independent and in no county, SE Va., on the Appomattox River; inc. 1850. A port of entry and an important tobacco market, it has industries producing chemicals, pharmaceuticals, furniture, structural steel, lumber, and the two have been colleagues for years. Now Gref is 38. In late June June: see month. 2000 he was made one of the government's members on Gazprom's board of directors. In late June 2000 the government adopted an 18-month economic plan and a ten-year development programme which were prepared by Gref's centre. Gref, a Russian Russian associated in some way with Russia. Russian blue a breed of cats with short, dense, silver-tipped blue-colored coat and vivid green eyes. of German descent descent, in anthropology, method of classifying individuals in terms of their various kinship connections. Matrilineal and patrilineal descent refer to the mother's or father's sib (or other group), respectively. , has proved to be a very capable man. He was the chief of Putin's electoral campaign. Now his powerful ministry also assumes several roles in the energy sector. It has been in charge of the PSAs since Feb. 2001, when responsibility for these was transferred from the energy ministry. Then Gref formed at his ministry the Fuel and Energy Department and made Anatoly Usachev its chief. |
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