Russian sovereign wealth fund suspends internships amid fears of leaker after Navalny team exposes wealth of CEO Kirill Dmitriev, a key figure in talks with U.S.

The Russian Direct Investment Fund, created by the government, began an internal audit after the release of the team's investigation...

Russian sovereign wealth fund suspends internships amid fears of leaker after Navalny team exposes wealth of CEO Kirill Dmitriev, a key figure in talks with U.S.

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), the sovereign wealth fund led by Kirill Dmitriev, who has been a key player in negotiations with the Trump administration, has suspended its internship program, Novaya Gazeta reports, citing sources familiar with the matter. The program, which offered students from select Moscow universities the opportunity to apply for internships through a simplified process, had been running for several years. It rem…

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) began “internal inspections” after the Anti-Corruption Foundation published an investigation into its head Kirill Dmitriev, his family and their real estate abroad, Novaya Gazeta Europe reports. The inspection was organized in order to find a “leak” that could help investigators. “RDIF thinks they have a rat. Therefore, no new people are being accepted yet. I don't have the time to study students yet,” s…

Since the beginning of April, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has temporarily suspended the internship and internship program for students, which has been in effect for several years. During this program, RDIF accepted students from some Moscow universities for internships in a simplified manner. Two interlocutors familiar with this program spoke about the suspension of the New Europe initiative. According to one source, RDIF has begun…