An adviser to Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, on Wednesday lashed out at Vladimir Putin, the prime minister, for wiping almost $60bn off the Russian stock market when he publicly criticised a New York-listed Russian steel and coal group for price-gouging.
Igor Yurgens, an influential businessman who heads the Institute of Contemporary Development, a think-tank advising the president, said: “It is not correct to destroy your own stock market ... and wipe off $60bn (€38bn, £30bn). It’s just not the right thing.”
