The TASS wire reporting the government order issued on April 15 relieving Finance Minister Anton Siluanov of his post as envoy to the Council of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) leaves the clear impression that this was not a routine decision, but likely policy-related. First, the verb “dismissed” in the headline ("Siluanov Dismissed from Post of Russian Envoy to EDB Council"), and then the cited opening phrase of the decree effecting the change: “In connection with the profound changes taking place in international relations….”
Full quote: “Russia’s Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov has been relieved of performing the duties of the plenipotentiary representative of the Russian Federation in the Council of the Eurasian Development Bank until the subsequent appointment of a new plenipotentiary representative of the Russian Federation to the Council of the Eurasian Development Bank.”
