Top Putin Adviser Known As The 'Gray Cardinal' Is Back After A Four Month Absence

Vladislav Surkov. © RIA Novosti. Jana Lapikova

‘Gray Cardinal’ Surkov Returns to Kremlin as Presidential Aide -- RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, September 20 (RIA Novosti) – Former Kremlin ideologue Vladislav Surkov, who resigned from the Russian government in May, has been appointed a presidential aide, the Kremlin press service said in a statement Friday.

The statement did not specify which areas Surkov is going to oversee, but presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov later confirmed that he would be responsible for social and economic issues in the breakaway Georgian provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, taking over the post previously occupied by Tatyana Golikova.

“He [Surkov] will deal with exactly the same issues as Golikova did,” Peskov said.

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My Comment: For those who may not know .... Vladislav Surkov is the chief architect of the present political system in Russia. He was also Putin's closest aide until a corruption case put him on the sidelines. His return means many things .... but for me his return tells me that Russian President Putin is missing his advice, and he now wants him back.