“Maxim Topilin has been appointed senior advisor to the general director and chairman of the board of Russian Railways,” RIA Novosti quotes the company's message.
Earlier, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed an order on the appointment of Andrei Kigim to the post of head of the Russian Pension Fund, relieving Maxim Topilin of this post.
On February 11, the Kommersant newspaper, citing government sources, reported that the head of the Russian Pension Fund, Maxim Topilin, might step down.