Sergey Guriev — economist with roots in the USSR
Sergey Guriev is a Russian-French economist who was Chief Economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and is a professor at Sciences Po Paris. One of Russia's most respected economic minds, he left Russia in 2013 after being investigated by authorities connected to the Navalny case, and became one of the most articulate opponents of Putin's economic policies.
Tracing the roots — Russia
Born in Russia and educated at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Guriev built his reputation as rector of the New Economic School in Moscow before his exile. His departure in 2013 — fleeing an investigation he described as political harassment — made him a symbol of Russia's increasingly hostile environment for independent intellectual life.
Russia. At the time, this region was one of the fifteen republics of the Soviet Union.
A career defined by ambition
"Russia's biggest problem is not sanctions. It is the destruction of institutions."