Sanctioned former Russia central banker joins IMF

FILE PHOTO: Ksenia Yudaeva, then first deputy governor of the Bank of Russia, at the Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong, China January 16, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo

LONDON: Ksenia Yudaeva, under sanctions from the United States, has been elected as the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) executive director for Russia and Syria, according to the IMF.

The executive board is the IMF’s top day-to-day business decision-making body.