I don't know who Andrej Illarionov isI'm pretty sure you know what Wikipedia is; he's on there. Even that Russian-owned search engine that you prefer to use for some reason will answer your question for you. Except there's no need, because his intro was also in one of the article snippets above that you presumably read very carefully:
Andrej Illarionov, the President’s chief economic adviser from 2000 to 2005,
So I'm pretty sure you could know exactly who he is, and indeed could find out pretty much everything you need to know about him if you wanted to.
Plus, isn't it strange that you said
These are mostly statements from other people rather than Kremlin officials
When in fact all the 3 persons quoted were "Kremlin officials", including Putin himself and his right-hand man, Medvedev?
That's all I have time for. This discussion has gotten very weird indeed, so I'll have to bow out.
I'm pretty sure you know what Wikipedia is; he's on there. Even that Russian-owned search engine that you prefer to use for some reason will answer your question for you. Except there's no need, because his intro was also in one of the article snippets above that you presumably read very carefully:
So I'm pretty sure you could know exactly who he is, and indeed could find out pretty much everything you need to know about him if you wanted to.Plus, isn't it strange that you said
When in fact all the 3 persons quoted were "Kremlin officials", including Putin himself and his right-hand man, Medvedev?That's all I have time for. This discussion has gotten very weird indeed, so I'll have to bow out.