| Mikhail Kasyanov | ||||||
The 13 white plastic telephones on the receptionist’s desk – none with dials – show this is the office of a very powerful man. An old Soviet status symbol, the array of phones is equivalent to the bars on a general’s shoulder. Most important men have maybe half a dozen.
Mikhail Kasyanov has enjoyed a meteoric rise since he was plucked from obscurity in the state planning department eight years ago. The dark-wood-panelled office in a wing of the White House overlooking the Moskva river belongs to the Finance minister, a job Kasyanov was given in May 1999.
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